Equality, diversity and human rights

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  FAQs

  What are the implications of art.11 of the European Convention on Human Rights: the right to freedom of assembly and association?

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  FAQs

  Is medical evidence usually relied on in a disability discrimination case?

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  FAQs

  Is it lawful for an employer to indicate that a vacancy is aimed at women if the job is advertised in a women's magazine?

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  FAQs

  If a job applicant has suffered from a debilitating illness in the past, can they be excluded from the shortlist?

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  FAQs

  Can an employer reject a job applicant on grounds related to their pregnancy, such as health and safety?

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  FAQs

  What is the Human Rights Act 1998?

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  FAQs

  What are the main tenets of the European Convention on Human Rights?

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  FAQs

  What are the implications for employers of art.8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence)?

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  Employment law cases

  Hallam and another v Cheltenham Borough Council and others

  In Hallam and another v Cheltenham Borough Council and others [2001] IRLR 312 HL, the House of Lords held that in order for there to be liability for knowingly aiding discrimination under the Race Relations Act 1976, section 33(1) there must be "more than a general attitude of helpfulness and co-operation".

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  15 March 2001

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  Employment law cases

  Equal pay: No right to full pay during maternity leave

  The principle of equal pay under Community law does not require that women should continue to receive full pay during maternity leave, holds the European Court of Justice in Gillespie and others v Northern Health and Social Services Board and others.