New Equality Bill to help make Britain a ‘fairer society’.

Monday, April 12th, 2010

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has announced that it welcomes the creation of a new bill which will help tackle inequalities in Britain. The bill will bring all the current legislation together into one place and will extend the scope of its protection. According to the EHRC, the new bill will “help Britain to become a fairer society”.

Some of the specific measures in the bill, which the Commission has supported, include:

• Making the law easier to understand and implement by simplifying 116 pieces of equality legislation into a single Act for individuals, public authorities and private organisations.

• Giving people the right not to be treated less favourably by public authorities because of their age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or transgender status; as well as their disability, gender, or race which were already covered.

• Extending anti-age discrimination rules to include goods, facilities and services, thereby stopping people being unfairly refused insurance or medical treatments based on what age they are, for example.

You can find out more about how the new bill will affect you by downloading this document.

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