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The Equality Bill: how disability equality fits within a Single Equality Act: third Report of Session 2008-09
— Vol 1: Report, together with formal minutes | | Corporate Author | Work and Pensions Committee, House of Commons - HoC |
| Publisher | TSO, London, 29 April 2009 |
| Pages | 95 pp (HC 2008-09 158-I) |
| Source | Download: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/... |
| Keywords | Physical disabilities ; Rights [elderly] ; Health services ; Services ; Employment of older people ; Social policy ; Government publications. |
| Annotation | The Work and Pensions Committee welcomes the Government's intentions to simplify and streamline legislation on discrimination into one single Equality Bill, which was outlined in the White Paper, 'Framework for a fairer future - the Equality Bill'. However, it believes that disability discrimination requires a difference in approach and should be predicated on the idea that we need to treat people differently to accord disabled people equal opportunities. This report considers the effectiveness of the proposed legislation in these key areas: equality in employment, the Access to Work Schemes, the Public Sector Equality Duty, and equality in goods facilities and services (GFS). The Committee calls for the removal of one of the greatest obstacles to improving employment opportunities for older people: the continued existence of the statutory default retirement age in the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100324006 E |
| Classmark | BN: IKR: L: I: GC: TM2: 6OA |
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