News Round-Up
27 April 2024
by Toby Young
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by Ben Pile
The Equality Act allows 'positive action' by employers to favour candidates based on race. But what if this harms employees by, for example, perpetuating stereotypes of racial inferiority, asks Amber Muhinyi.
Changes to the Equality Act supported by the Government mean that owners will have to start policing customers' banter to avoid liability for offence caused to staff. This is the opposite of a 'war on woke'.
A Private Members Bill being backed by the Government will make employers liable for harassment of their employees by third parties. Is this the end of pub banter?
With a rapidly growing 'EDI' industry and fresh impetus to meet diversity targets, ‘positive action’ based on race is now a reality in Britain. But candidates must be able to opt out, writes Amber Muhinyi.
If subjecting people to lectures that tell them their race is "a problem of our time" and mistreating them when they complain is not unlawful discrimination then anti-discrimination law is not fit for purpose.
The engine of UK identity politics is Part 11 of the Equality Act, which contains the exceptions that turn a law against discrimination into a driver of 'positive' discrimination and wokery. The Government must axe it.
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