News listing

Joint call for Scotland’s colleges and universities to address inequalities

Published: 18 Jan 2023

New report from Scottish Funding Council and the Equality and Human Rights Commission pinpoints stubborn barriers to equality and sets national targets for tackling them.

Britain’s equality watchdog takes action to prevent hair discrimination in schools

Published: 27 Oct 2022

Pupils should not be stopped from wearing their hair in natural Afro styles at school, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says in new guidance today.

Civil servant’s race discrimination case settled

Published: 22 Sep 2022

Scottish Ministers have reached a settlement with a civil servant who brought a race discrimination case to challenge her treatment in the workplace.

Report finds evidence of inequality in treatment of ethnic minority ‘Covid heroes’ working in health and social care

Published: 09 Jun 2022

EHRC to investigate Pontins over fears of racial discrimination against Gypsies and Travellers

Published: 26 May 2022

Race discrimination fund fighting alleged harassment in football

Published: 30 Mar 2022

The Equality and Human Rights Commission is supporting footballer Rico Quitongo in his race discrimination claim against his former club and a club director.

Our work with the England and Wales Cricket Board to tackle racism in sport

Published: 11 Feb 2022

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has lifted the suspension on Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC). Here, the Commission's CEO Marcial Boo responds.

Our response to Yorkshire County Cricket Club's action plan

Published: 21 Dec 2021

Chief Executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Marcial Boo's statement on racism at the Yorkshire Country Cricket Club.

Our response to incidents of racism at Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Published: 05 Nov 2021

We have written to Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC) to ask for further information following reports of incidents of racism.

Equality body to scrutinise racial inequality of workers in health and social care

Published: 05 Nov 2020

Great Britain’s national equality body has opened a statutory inquiry into racial inequality of ethnic minority workers in lower paid roles in health and social care.