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Equality Bill
Written by Rachel Billen   
Friday, 24 April 2009 14:35
Equality Bill

The Government has announced an amendment to the Equality Bill which will provide protection against associative and perceptive direct discrimination and harassment to those areas of discrimination legislation where this does not currently apply i.e. sex, age, disability and gender reassignment.

This will reflect the present protection in place for employees who are subjected to discrimination and harassment if they are wrongly perceived to belong to a particular group or have particular beliefs (known as perceptive discrimination).  Likewise, discrimination is prohibited arising from an association with a person of a particular group or with a particular belief.

Registers of Judgments, Orders and Fines (Amendment) Regulations 2009

As of 1 April 2009, where an employer fails to pay an award made either by the Employment Tribunal or the Employment Appeal Tribunal and who have had enforcement proceedings commenced against them, will be entered onto the County Court Register of Judgments.  This Register may be searched by the public and is also used by financial institutions when considering applications for credit.