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Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Lord Fairley on 21 January 2026.
We lead on equality policy including women’s equality, race equality, LGBT+ equality, disability equality, socio-economic equality and the overall framework of equality legislation for the UK. OEO works with the Cabinet Office .
It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of their sex, religion, disability or certain other personal characteristics ('protected characteristics')
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Discrimination can come in one of the following forms: direct…
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How you import from and export to Japan.
The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) was an independent non-departmental public body, (NDPB) in the United Kingdom, which tackled sex discrimination and promoted gender equality. It was replaced by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
Additional funding for local authorities to improve social mobility for children and young people in deprived areas.
Find out important information about changes to the employment related securities (ERS) net settlement reporting requirements.
This study is a randomised evaluation of two job-search support programmes for urban youth in Ethiopia
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