Tag Archives: equallity

Robin Lynn

Opinion: Rearguard action and damage limitation are poor substitutes for a coherent Liberal Democrat strategy on Equality and Human Rights.

By Robin Lynn | Mon 29th April 2013 - 3:25 pm

The Government’s partial U-turn on Section 3 of the Equality Act needs to be seen against a backdrop of other changes to the equality and related social justice legislation. These include:

•          New restrictions on the ability to challenge the state with restrictions to judicial review

•          Tribunals fees of up to £1,200 coming in this summer

•          An Increase of the general unfair dismissal qualification from 1 to 2 years

•          Reductions in the consultation period for redundancy

•          The end of crucial protections in discrimination such as questionnaires and protection from 3rd party harassment

•          Legal aid providers and face to face legal advice slashed …

Continue reading »
Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged and | 12 Comments
Advert

Recent Comments

  • Jana
    To my mind, any political philosophy that believes that members of one race should be removed from an area to enable members of another race to move in and live...
  • Alex Macfie
    Regardless of the exact degree of human involvement driving a DLR train, there is a fundamental difference between rail tracks and public roads. Trains run to s...
  • Chloe
    It's not a conductor - it's a fully qualified driver on every DLR train. Driverless it most definitely isn't....
  • Roland
    @Chloe - "Let’s get away from the myth of DLR driverless trains.." Too many years ago I designed computer systems for mass transport systems, the DLR being o...
  • Nonconformistradical
    Quoting from Alex Macfie 3rd Oct '26 - 9:50am "Driverless cars are the ultimate example of this. What if the system breaks down and the passenger is stranded...