Call For Evidence On Equality Law Changes

The government has opened a call for evidence about reforms to equality law, which includes proposals on extending equal pay claims to cover ethnicity and disability and the introduction of combined discrimination.

Alongside the progress of the Employment Rights Bill through Parliament, the UK government is beginning to look at a package of employment law reforms related to equality. We had been expecting publication of a draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill for consultation, but it seems that the government has decided to gather more evidence first. A consultation on ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting is currently taking place, and a call for evidence about wider reforms to equality law has just opened.