News • Gender Reassignment

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TUC warns new charges will make tackling discrimination at work even harder

Introducing fees to take claims to employment tribunals could have a huge impact on ensuring equality at work, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will warn a conference later today (Friday)....

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Businesses need to recruit more smartly to improve diversity

OraRuth Rother, co-founder of HireMatch.me, discusses how businesses can use pioneering recruitment techniques to boost recovery, broaden their talent pool and pre-empt the threat of new legislation....

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Equality chief urges employers to focus on diversity

Equality and Human Rights Commission chair Trevor Phillips last night called on businesses to embrace diversity as a key business issue, speaking at the launch of the Employers' Network for Equality and Inclusion (enei)....

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ESW support to the protestors occupying College Green in Bristol

Equality South West has sent a message of support to the protestors occupying College Green in Bristol. ...

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Sainsbury’s apologises for transgender toilet ban

Sainsbury’s has apologised after a transgender woman was told by a Surrey store that she could not use the women’s toilets....

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National Transgender festival 'Sparkle' kicks off

The national transgender festival, Sparkle, has begun in Manchester. The festival, now in its seventh year, is the biggest event on the trans calendar and is billed as a “celebration of gender diversity”....

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Coalition Government seeking feedback on their ‘Transgender Action Plan’

The coalition government is to publish its first ‘Transgender Action Plan’ later this year and is asking trans people to help shape the document....

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