28 January 2010
The Equality and Human Rights Commission welcomed today’s court ruling, giving the BNP a final chance to amend its constitution so that it does not contravene discrimination legislation.
27 January 2010
The Commission welcomed today's report by the National Equality Panel, which it believes is the most detailed research yet completed into the complex nature of inequality and disadvantage.
25 January 2010
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has intervened in a case in the European Court of Human Rights which concerns whether prisoners should have the right to vote.
25 January 2010
The Commission is today launching a set of proposals for fundamental changes to employment policies to open up more work opportunities for older Britons and address the challenges of an ageing workforce.
19 January 2010
Employers that choose to analyse and report publicly their gender pay gaps will receive limited immunity from investigation, the Commission has announced today.
17 January 2010
The Commission has asked the government to set out in detail its proposals and the evidence to justify profiling and the introduction of body scanning equipment at airports, in a letter sent to the Home Secretary.
17 January 2010
The Commission has today published the first comprehensive report looking at the skills and employment patterns of Britain’s eastern European migrants.
14 January 2010
Simon Woolley, Commissioner at the Equality and Human Rights Commission has made a statement in response to speech by John Denham on Racism in Britain ten years since the Race Relations Act was amended to include the Race Equality Duty.
14 January 2010
The Commission has appointed Michael Smith, known as Mike, as the new chair of its Disability Committee. Mike replaces acting chair Alun Davies who stepped down at the end of 2009.
11 January 2010
Commission statement to Speakers Conference on Parliamentary Representation.
05 January 2010
The Commission will today tell the Home Affairs Select Committee that many of the government’s revised proposals relating to the retention of DNA material remain incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.