1 comment

Equality Bill is an "added burden"

by Kate Pritchard - Monday, 30th June 2008

This is the page

The Bill, unveiled by Equality Minister Harriet Harman last week, will allow firms to discriminate in favour of female and ethnic minority job candidates.

The Forum of Private Business is currently lobbying to award 30 per cent of all public contracts to small businesses. “Provisions outlined in the Equality Bill, such as requiring businesses to first provide evidence that they have carried out an audit of pay equality, will likely slow down the whole process and thwart these ambitions,” sighs Orford.

Dianah Worman, diversity adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, agrees that the government needs to think its proposals through more carefully.

“It needs to spell out exactly how the Bill will work so that employers don’t unwittingly fall foul of the law,” she says.

Picture source

Tags: equality bill, harriet harman, diversity, gender, pay gap, forum of private business, phil orford, chartered institute of personnel and development, entrepreneur,

1 Comments

July 22, 2008 2:25pm
TurkinBergs Says:

The US bear market has affected dozens of companies, many in the financial sector. US consumers have seen their disposable income decreased substantially and they are unable to refinance their homes to get some needed relief as the mortgage market has tightened. Inflation with respect to energy has really hurt commuters as we have seen gas prices shoot through the roof, and they have had no other option but to trade in their SUVs and squeeze their two kids and family dog into a Prius. Read Full

Close X