Coalition sets out ‘details’ of its employment
policy
In ‘The
Coalition: Our programme for Government‘ document the Conservative-Liberal
Democrat coalition has set out the measures it proposes to introduce as part of
its programme for partnership government. A number of the provisions impact on
diversity.
The key aspects of the Coalition Government’s
proposals impacting on employment were set out in the recently published document:
The Coalition: Our programme for Government. A number impact on diversity,
i.e.:
Promote equal pay
Take a range of measures to end
discrimination in the workplace
Extend the right to request flexible
working to all employees
Promote gender equality on the boards of
listed companies
Encourage shared parenting from the
earliest stages of pregnancy –
including the promotion of a system of flexible
parental leave
Phase out the default retirement age
Establish a Commission to investigate
the creation of a British Bill of
Rights
No further details about the measures, or when they
can be expected, have been provided as yet. And while the first three measures above
were referred to briefly in the Queen’s Speech opening Parliament, none have
been included in the Bills in this current session of Parliament.
June 2010
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