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Informationen zum Autor Henrietta Hill is a barrister practising at Doughty Street Chambers, London, specializing in discrimination and human rights law. She frequently represents individuals alleging discrimination on grounds of sex, race and disability in the Employment Tribunals and the County Courts, and at appellate level. In 2002 she published the Blackstone's Guide to Race Relations (Amendments) Act 2000 and in December 2006 she was awarded the Liberty/JUSTICE Peter Duffy Award (the Young Human Rights Lawyer of the Year Award).Richard Kenyon is a Partner and Deputy Head of the Employment Group at Field Fisher Waterhouse. He has considerable experience of advocacy in employment tribunals and advises on all aspects of employment law from the boardroom to the basement, from hiring and firing, and everything in between. He has advised on large scale redundancy programmes, business transfers and roll outs of contractual changes across businesses. He has a particular interest in advising and training employers on good practice in equality and diversity issues. Promoting Equality and Diversity: A Practitioner's Guide explains the fundamental changes in the approach to achieving equality and diversity that are occuring as a result of recent UK legislation. The work takes a task-based approach to the subject, suggesting legal solutions to discrete practical problems, and providing clear, pragmatic guidance to enable practitioners to tackle the individual problems they might encounter. Zusammenfassung Hill and Kenyon explain the fundamental changes in the drive to achieve equality and diversity in the workplace. Their book takes a task based approach, suggesting legal solutions to discrete practical problems, and providing clear guidance to enable practitioners to tackle individual problems they might encounter. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: The Legal Framework 3: The public duty to promote equality 4: Audits, monitoring and impact assessments 5: Procurement and Outsourcing 6: Positive Action and Occupational Requirements 7: Recruitment and Promotion 8: Family-friendly and flexible working 9: Attendance management 10: Religious practice, dress codes and freedom of expression 11: Harrassment 12: Handling requests for information and grievances 13: Ending employment 14: Managing litigation 15: The Commission for Equality and Human Rights and a Single Equality Act: the future? ...
