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Assessment of hostile environment policies

Last updated: 1 July 2020

Equal work

Last updated: 26 August 2020

There are three types of equal work: like work, work rated as equivalent and work of equal value.

Helping the Scottish Legal Aid Board embed equality into its work

Last updated: 22 July 2021

Guidance for businesses

Last updated: 19 February 2019

This guide tells you how you can avoid all the different types of unlawful discrimination as a business.

Exceptions in equality law that apply to businesses

Last updated: 19 February 2019

There are some exceptions to the general rules of equality law, when people’s protected characteristics may be relevant to the goods, facilities or service

Pregnancy and maternity discrimination

Last updated: 27 April 2022

Pregnancy and maternity discrimination is when you are treated unfavourably because you are pregnant, breastfeeding or you have given birth.

A history of human rights in Britain

Last updated: 9 October 2018

The national and international milestones that have shaped the concept of human rights in England, Scotland and Wales over the last 800 years.

Equality and Human Rights Monitor

Last updated: 16 November 2023

This report provides a complete picture of people’s life chances in Great Britain today.

Our human rights work

Last updated: 1 July 2021

In this section you can read about the work we do on human rights issues.

Monitoring and promoting UN treaties

Last updated: 14 October 2019

As a National Human Rights Institution, we monitor the UK’s compliance with the United Nations human rights treaties it has agreed to follow.