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Comparative Employment Law Update: Equality laws - fit for purpose or ripe for reform?
Published on: 23/06/2022
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ROI, NI & GB Comparative Law
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In the second installment of a series of webinars discussing comparative laws on the island of Ireland and GB, Lewis Silkin and Legal Island will discuss equality laws in GB, NI and ROI including:

  • An analysis of the types of discrimination claims across GB, NI and ROI – what are the trends or similarities?
  • The gulf between equality laws in GB and NI has widened since the introduction of the GB Equality Act. What are the key need to knows about the inconsistencies? What are the key differences in ROI equality law?
  • New areas including the menopause, long covid, gender, philosophical belief, social mobility, accent and language are impacting the equality landscape. What are the current reforms in GB, NI and ROI equality law and what changes on the horizon should we prepare for?

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Disclaimer The information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article. This article is correct at 23/06/2022
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