EOR online user guide
Welcome to Equal Opportunities Review online
Welcome to Equal Opportunities
Review online, the online service hosted by XpertHR for subscribers to Equal Opportunities Review.
EOR online
provides extensive resources for UK diversity and equal opportunities
specialists including:
To use this guide: Scroll down the guide using your internet browser's scroll bar or jump straight to sections of interest using the contents links below.
Contents
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after logging in
Top navigation buttons
Side navigation menu
Upfront articles
Searching
EOR online
Quick search box
Working with search results
Information categories
Advanced
search
Wildcards and Boolean operators
Case reports
Case reports organisation
Topics and subtopics
Browsing by case title
Searching case reports
Browsing latest case reports
The EOR online homepage - before logging in
EOR subscribers
Log into the site with your EOR user name and password using the
"Subscriber login" box.
Subscriber login box
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click the navigation buttons at the top and on the left of the EOR online log-in
page, or enter your search words in the box at the top right. Remember that you
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The EOR online homepage - after logging in
Top navigation buttons and the quick search
box
Three
navigation buttons and a quick search box are displayed across the top of the
homepage. To provide users with easy access to the main features of the site,
these buttons and the quick search box are also displayed in the same place on
all other main pages of EOR online.
Top navigation buttons and the quick
search box
Top navigation button
functions
Home: Returns you to the homepage of
EOR online.
User guide: Opens the EOR online User
guide.
Contact us:
Opens a page displaying telephone and email contact
details for the EOR online team. For more
information see Contact us.
Quick search box: Here you are able to search the entire site by typing in your search
words and clicking the "GO" button. See Quick
search and Advanced search for
further guidance on searching EOR online.
also displayed in the same place on all other main pages of EOR online.
"Upfront" articles
The central
column on the homepage displays "Upfront" articles that
keep you up to date with recent developments and link to further resources on
EOR online. Simply click the title to view further details.
"Upfront" articles
Quick search box
At the top
right-hand side of every page on EOR online you will
see a quick search box. This allows you to initiate a quick search of all
articles on EOR online.
Quick search box
The quick search is a simple and fast way to find the information you need. However, depending on your search words, the quick search may return a very large set of results due to the scale of resources available on EOR online. To learn how to find a smaller set of highly relevant results, please refer to the Advanced search section of this guide.
The following tips will help you get the most out of the quick search:
Working with search
results
In addition to a list of articles matching your
search criteria, the search results page will
also display the search terms that you entered, the number of articles
found and the number of pages on which they are displayed.
Your search results will be returned with the most relevant articles appearing first. Relevance is determined by the number of times your search word(s) or phrase(s) appear in an article. So if you search for the phrase "race discrimination", for example, the article at the top of the results list will be the one where the phrase "race discrimination" occurs the highest number of times.
Search results page
The following tips will help you get the most out of your
search results:
at the top right
and bottom right of the search results page to move to the next or previous page
of results, or to select a specific page
Information categories
Our team of editors
categorise articles that are added to the site in a unique way that enables you
to access the information you require quickly and efficiently. Categories used
include topics, information types and publications.
Advanced search form - topic selection boxes
Information category descriptions
Topics: There are nine topics, each of which
represents a main area of interest within the diversity and equal opportunities
field. Topics include
age, disability, equal opportunities policy and practice, gender reassignment,
race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and statutory procedures and penalties. A single article
may be associated with one or more topics.
Information types: There are
seven information types, each of
which represents a particular type of article. Information
types include news, surveys and statistics, case
studies, commentary and insights, case reports, legal
guidance and forthcoming law. A single article will be associated with only one information type.
Publications: There
are four publications, including Equal Opportunities Review, Discrimination Case
Law Digest, Discrimination Case Law Guide and Discrimination
Compensation Guide.
Advanced search
Our innovative approach to categorising information enables EOR
online
to offer an outstanding advanced search facility.
To open the advanced search, click the "Advanced search" link under the quick search box which is displayed at the top right-hand side of every main page on EOR online.
Advanced search link
Advanced search gives you the option of entering your search word(s) or phrase(s), along with the ability to target your search within your chosen combination of:
Specifying the date range of the material you are searching for will limit the search results returned to articles originally published, or subsequently updated, within your specified time frame.
You can pre-select the number of search results you wish to be returned on each page of search results - from as few as 10 to as many as 100.
Click the red "Search" button to proceed to the search results page. The query submitted will initiate a search for articles that contain only the combination of words, phrases, topics, information types, publications and the date-range that you entered.
Advanced search form 
Wildcards and Boolean operators
Searching on EOR online can be
further improved using two common search techniques: wildcards and Boolean
operators.
The character used for a wildcard in EOR online searches is the asterisk (*). This can be added to the end of a word to truncate it. For example, if you entered "employ*" into any of the EOR online search boxes, the search engine would retrieve documents including the word employ and other words beginning with the same six letters, such as employs, employer, employee, employees and employment. Or if you entered the phrase "annual* hours", the search would return articles containing the phrase "annualised hours" as well as those containing the phrase "annual hours".
Boolean operators are a useful tool allowing you to further refine your text-based searches. The Boolean operators supported in EOR online are:
Examples of Boolean operators in
action
Searching for maternity AND pay
will retrieve articles containing both the words "maternity" and "pay" but not
necessarily next to each other.
You don't actually have to type "AND".
EOR online assumes that your search words are separated by "ANDs" unless you use
one of the other Boolean operators, OR, NOT or NEAR, described
below.
Open the current issue page by clicking the "EOR Current Issue" button on the side navigation menu.
EOR current issue page
The central column on the EOR current issue page displays the titles and summaries of articles from the most recent issue of Equal Opportunities Review. Simply click a title to view an article.
You can also search the EOR journal archive by entering your search word(s) or phrase(s) in the search box or by clicking "Advanced search" to open the advanced search form. See Advanced search for further details.
The EOR current issue page displays links to archive issues on the right-hand side. Click a link to open a recent archive issue or click "Full archive" for access to the complete list.
Open the EOR archive page by clicking the "EOR Archive" button on the side navigation menu or by clicking the "Full list" link on the EOR current issue page.
EOR archive page
The central column on the EOR archive page displays links to all issues of Equal Opportunities Review from EOR 89, January/February 2000 onwards. Simply click a link to view an issue.
You can also search the EOR journal archive by entering your search word(s) or phrase(s) in the search box or by clicking "Advanced search" to open the advanced search form. See Advanced search for further details.
The EOR archive page displays links to pages containing older archive issues on the right-hand side. Click a link to open a list of archive issues from an earlier date range, beginning with 1985 to 1989.
EOR online's unique case reports facility enables users to keep up with employment cases and to check key legal precedents quickly and efficiently. Open the case reports section by clicking the blue "case reports" button on the side navigation.
Case reports
organisation
The contents of the case reports section can be
accessed in four ways:
Case reports topics and
subtopics
The first page of the case reports section displays
a series of case law topic buttons.
Above the topic buttons, there are four navigation tabs: "Topic", "Case title", "Search" and "Latest". These tabs are always available from any case reports page:
Case reports - topic page
Click a case law topic button to open a new page showing the case law subtopics available within that topic.
Case reports - subtopic page
The case law topic that you have selected is shown in the blue bar at the top of the screen. The case law subtopics within that topic are displayed in buttons below the navigation tabs.
Click a case law subtopic button to open a new page showing your chosen subtopic. The blue bar at the top of the screen will now show the case law topic and the subtopic that you have selected, and the subtopic button will be highlighted in dark blue. A list of relevant cases is displayed below the case law subtopic buttons.
Click the "Back" link or the "Topic" tab to return to the original boxed display of case topics.
Case reports - subtopic selected page
Clicking a case title opens a new page displaying a list of all the law reports articles relating to that case.
Case reports - article list page
All law reports articles display a list of the cases discussed in the article. Click the case title to view more EOR online resources on that case.
Case reports - article detail page, highlighting case
title link
Browsing case laws reports by case title
To browse case reports by case title, click the "Case
title" tab, which is displayed along with the "Topic", "Search" and "Latest" tabs above the topic or subtopic buttons at the top of every
case reports page.
Case reports - case title page
The initial the case reports case title page shows the case title list for cases beginning with the letter "A". At the top of this page are letters of the alphabet which form links to other case title pages.
Click a letter of the alphabet to go to the case title page you require. When the page appears, the letter you have selected will be highlighted in red.
Click a case title to open a new page displaying a list of law reports relating to that case. To return to the case title page, click the "Back" link towards the top right-hand side of the law reports listing page, press the "Back" button on your internet browser or hit the backspace key on your keyboard.
Searching case reports
To search
the entire EOR online case law database, click the
"Search" tab, which is displayed along with the "Topic", "Case title" and "Latest" tabs above the topic or subtopic buttons at the top of every
case reports page.
Case reports - search
On the case reports search page:
You may use wildcards and Boolean operators. You can also click the "Full search" link for more search options. Please refer to the section of this user guide on Searching for further guidance.
Case reports - search results page
The case reports search results page displays the article titles and summaries of law reports articles that match your search terms in order of relevance, with the most relevant at the top. As in other searches on EOR online, relevance is defined by the number of times your search word(s) or phrase(s) appear in the articles.
The following tips will help you get the most out of your case reports search results:
placed at the left of each
listed search result to find more articles like the selected article
To return to the search results page from a law reports article, press the
"Back" button on your internet browser or the backspace key on your keyboard, or
click the "Back" link at the bottom of the page.
Browsing the latest case reports
To browse the
latest case reports, click the "Latest" tab, which
is displayed along with the "Topic", "Search" and "Case title" tabs above the topic or subtopic buttons at the top of every
case reports
page.
Case reports - latest page
The case reports latest page displays the article titles and summaries of the ten most recently published law reports articles, with the most recent at the top.
Click an article title to view the full law reports article. To return to the latest case reports page from a law reports article, press the "Back" button on your internet browser or the backspace key on your keyboard, or click the "Back" link at the bottom of the page.
The codes of practice page provides a regularly updated set of links to codes of practice from organisations active in the employment discrimination field.
Open the codes of practice page by clicking the blue "Codes of Practice" button on the side navigation.
Codes of practice page
Click a code of practice title to open the code. Codes open on external websites in a new browser window.
The annual EOR discrimination case law guide, edited by Michael Rubenstein, extracts key principles from decisions by the appellate courts concerning employment discrimination.
Open the discrimination case law guide contents page by clicking the blue "Discrimination Guide" button on the side navigation.
Discrimination guide contents page
From the discrimination guide contents page you can browse specific sections by clicking on the section titles.
To search the discrimination guide, go to the advanced search page by clicking the "Advanced search" link in the top right-hand corner of all pages on the site, enter your search word(s) or phrase(s) and then tick the box next to "Discrimination Case Law Guide" in the publication section before hitting the "Search" button. See Advanced search for further details.
The EOR compensation guide provides a unique and indispensable source of information on compensation payments awarded by tribunals in discrimination cases.
Open the compensation guide contents page by clicking the blue "Compensation Guide" button on the side navigation.
Compensation guide contents page
From the compensation guide contents page you can browse specific sections by clicking on the section titles.
To search the compensation guide, go to the advanced search page by clicking the "Advanced search" link in the top right-hand corner of all pages on the site, enter your search word(s) or phrase(s) and then tick the box next to "Discrimination Compensation Guide" in the publication section before hitting the "Search" button. See Advanced search for further details.
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