Sentences with phrase «equalities committee report»

Although dress codes of this kind are already illegal, the reality is that the lack of clarity and any threat of punishment leave many companies feeling free to circumvent the rules, something which the Government, following a recent Petitions Committee and Women and Equalities Committee report, has pledged to act upon.

The letter follows the government's published response this week to a women and equalities committee report showing 29 per cent of 16 - to 18 - year - old girls had experienced unwanted sexual touching at school and 71 per cent of pupils that age regularly heard terms such as «slut» used towards girls.

Women and Equalities Committee report will be welcomed by young women according to Girlguiding charity

Not exact matches

In an 1886 report on the railroad industry, the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Interstate Commerce agreed, stating clearly that the «great desideratum is to secure equality.»

A report from the Women and Equalities Committee is recommending higher paternity pay and 12 weeks» leave for new fathers.

A fortnight ago the women and equalities select committee, chaired by Maria Miller MP, published a report on transgender equality.

That was the issue considered by the Scottish Parliament this week, following a report from the Equalities and Human Rights Committee, published on Monday.

Commenting on the Government's response to the Women and Equalities Committee's report on sexual violence and harassment in schools, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «There is absolutely no place in our schools for sexual harassment or violence towards either pupils or staff.

After the findings of a report by the women and equalities select committee caused a row between some feminists and trans people, our next piece suggested that equality for trans people must not come at the expense of women's rights.

A women and equalities select committee report from 18 months ago accused the government of being «misleading» in its claim that SRE is compulsory when it's only the biology aspects that have to be taught.

The news follows a report published by the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee in September exposing «the shocking scale of sexual harassment and sexual violence» in schools, and recommending that «PSHE and SRE are made statutory subjects» to address the problem.

Tim Gill and some other well - funded advocates have funded a political action committee, Fight Back New York, that plans to aggressively remove New York State senators who have opposed marriage equality, the NYT reports.

The first new select committee — Women and Equalities — has its origins in the July 2014 report of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in Parliament.

Finally, the report recommends compulsory diversity and equality training for all principal investigators, supervisors, and scientists sitting on committees for recruitment, promotion, and grant review.

«Widespread» sexual harassment and sexual violence is not being tackled effectively in English schools, according to a report from the Women and Equalities Committee.

Following a report from the Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) which showed 29 per cent of 16 - to 18 - year - old girls had experienced unwanted sexual touching at school and 71 per cent of pupils that age regularly heard terms such as «slut» used towards girls, the government has published a response to the report's 14 recommendations.

In light of recent reports from The Women and Equalities Committee and calls from MPs to address the discrimination pregnant women and new mothers face at work, The Clear Company has urged businesses to consider long term support for these individuals.

In light of recent reports from The Women and Equalities Committee and calls from MPs to address the discrimination...

Reports of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights have already found Canada to be in violation of the rights of Indigenous women and girls to life, security of the person, and equality.

In its report, the Committee accepted our key recommendation that the program be expanded in scope to include equality challenges to provincial and territorial laws where the case in question will have national impact.

I believe the Committee's report was influential in addressing the concerns of gender equality.

The Committee notes with satisfaction that the status of women in Australian society has improved considerably during the reporting period, particularly in public service, in the general workforce, and in academic enrollment, although further equality has yet to be achieved in many sectors.

Since the first Australian Government report in 2009, the Campaign Steering Committee has provided an annual complementary «shadow» report representing its assessment of progress, including against the COAG Closing the Gap Targets for health and life expectancy equality, and the commitments in the Close the Gap Statement of Intent.

The Native Title Report 1999 considers the principles upheld by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), namely equality and the requirement that the government negotiate with Indigenous people over native title legislation.