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Title: [UK] Analysis: What will be in the Equality Bill?
Post by: Natasha on December 03, 2008, 05:29:43 PM
[UK] Analysis: What will be in the Equality Bill?

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9744.html (http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9744.html)
12/3/2008

Excerpt: Public bodies already have a duty to consider how their spending decisions, employment practices, and service delivery can affect people according to their race, disability, or gender. The Equality Bill will replace this with a new streamlined and strengthened Equality Duty, which will be extended to cover sexual orientation, gender reassignment, age, and religion or belief.