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• New report shows supporting disabled workers is a win win situation for the employer and employee

  17 May 2012

  A new report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission has found that disabled people continue to be put at a disadvantage in the workplace.

• Disabled people’s human rights must be factored into housing benefit

  15 May 2012

  A human rights case, in which the Commission intervened, has established that housing benefit must take into account the extra needs of disabled children and adults.

• Commission publishes formal assessment of government’s 2010 spending review

  14 May 2012

  The Commission today publishes its equality assessment of the government’s 2010 Spending Review.

• Supreme Court rulings on age discrimination make the law clearer for everyone, says Commission

  25 April 2012

  The Commission believes the first judgements handed down by the Supreme Court on age discrimination will remind all employers of their responsibilities and help make the law clearer. 
   

• Commission publishes research on European Court of Human Rights judgments relating to UK government

  19 April 2012

  Research released by the Commission at this week’s Brighton conference on the European Court of Human Rights, shows that just a tiny minority of rulings by the Strasbourg Court are against the UK government.
   

• Commission's statement on privacy

  03 April 2012

  A Commission spokesperson said: 'The Government’s email and web monitoring plans would potentially be incompatible with the right to privacy of many ordinary people in the UK.'

• Commission publishes 2012-15 Strategic plan

  27 March 2012

  The Commission today (27 March 2012) publishes its strategic plan for 2012 to 2015. The plan identifies how the Commission can add most value to the protection and promotion of equality and human rights through the effective use of its unique powers and its duties as the National Human Rights Institution.

• Commission publishes human rights review

  05 March 2012

  The Commission today (5 March 2012) publishes a landmark review of how well public authorities deliver human rights protection and promotion in England and Wales. It is the second report in the 'How Fair is Britain?' series.

• Response to Joint Committee on Human Rights’ Independent Living report

  01 March 2012

  The Equality and Human Rights Commission welcomes this report on independent living. It gave written and oral evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ (JCHR) for its report.

• Commission response to Government's 'Creating the conditions for integration' strategy

  21 February 2012

  Commission response to the Government's 'Creating the conditions for integration' strategy