Sentences with phrase «promote equality of opportunity»

Public bodies, including further education institutions, local authorities, maintained schools, maintained nursery schools, academies and free schools are covered by the public sector equality duty and when carrying out their functions must have regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, promote equality of opportunity and foster good relations between disabled and non-disabled children and young people.

The EEOC also suggests «promising practices» that employers may adopt to promote equality of opportunity and to reduce the risk of Title VII violations based on national origin discrimination.

The general duty The general duty to promote equality of opportunity can now be found in the Race Relations Act 1976 (RRA 1976), s 71 and sub-ss 71A — E, DDA 1995, sub-ss 49A — F and SDA 1975, sub-ss 76A --- E.

The new duties include: a general duty to promote equality of opportunity which applies to most public authorities; a range of specific duties applying only to named authorities, to reinforce the general duty; and an obligation not to discriminate in the performance of public functions, where this is not already covered by existing legislation.

All three duties have the same core features: they require public authorities, in carrying out their functions, to have «due regard» to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination and harassment, and to promote equality of opportunity.

If Elias is anything to go by, even if the public sector body is only subject to the general duty it will face an uphill task defending indirect discrimination claims unless it is able to show that it had considered the impact of the offending provision, criterion or practice in the light of its general duty to promote equality of opportunity.

The general duties require local authorities to have regard to a range of «needs» in carrying out their functions, for example the need to promote equality of opportunity between disabled persons and other persons.

These duties require schools to promote equality of opportunity in everything that they do.

The new Gender Equality Duty (Equality Act 2006), effective from 6 April 2007, requires all public authorities, including those commissioning parenting services, to have «due regard» to the need to promote equality of opportunity between men and women.

We continue to be committed to promoting equality of opportunity and providing a supportive environment within British Cycling.

Because they were more interested in promoting equality of opportunity than simply consumer choice, sociologist Christopher Jencks and law professors John Coons and Stephen Sugarman proposed placing some constraints on how vouchers could be used: Disadvantaged students would receive larger vouchers, and regulations would prevent any school that accepted vouchers from imposing tuition and fees beyond the value of the voucher.

Turner Contemporary takes promoting the equality of opportunity seriously and is committed to building a diverse workforce.

How HM Courts and Tribunals Service promotes equality of opportunity and eliminates unlawful discrimination.

A targeted program aimed at increasing employment of a disadvantaged racial group is a clear example of a benefit which promotes equality of opportunity.

The special measure must be designed to improve the circumstances of a disadvantaged racial group by promoting equality of opportunity for that group.

FosterTalk is committed to promoting equality of opportunity as an employer and as a provider of services.

Not exact matches

ONLY three Western Australian businesses have been named an «employer of choice for women» among a list of 98 organisations considered to promote gender equality and provide equal opportunities for women in the workplace.

A private, non-profit organization founded in 1958, NASBE works to strengthen state leadership in educational policymaking, promote excellence in the education of all students, advocate equality of access to educational opportunity, and assure continued citizen support for public education.

This report highlights the importance of increasing social mobility and how the construction industry can work to promote greater equality of opportunity for all, particularly in a challenging social and economic environment.

The new rules in this area state: The Academy Trust shall ensure that principles are promoted which support fundamental British values, including: respect for the basis on which the law is made and applied in England; respect for democracy and support for participation in the democratic processes; support for equality of opportunity for all; support and respect for the liberties of all within the law; and respect for and tolerance of different faiths and religious and other beliefs.

Additional changes recently made by the government to Free School model funding agreement include requiring schools to promote democracy, equality of opportunity, respect, tolerance and the rule of law.

Article 15 - A of New York State Executive Law, § § 310 - 318 (Participation by Minority Group Members and Women with Respect to State Contracts), was enacted July 19, 1988 and amended in 2011 to promote economic opportunities and equality of employment for minority group members and women in State contracting activities.

A nonprofit organization founded in 1958, NASBE works to strengthen state leadership in educational policymaking, promote excellence in the education of all students, advocate equality of access to educational opportunity and ensure continued citizen support for public education.

Four decades on, one senses the determination of Magnuson, Waldfogel, and their colleagues to avoid a similar finding and to generate findings that will assist policymakers in promoting equality of educational opportunity.

The 15 - year research synthesis from the American Educational Research Association (AERA), «Research Synthesis of the Associations Between Socioeconomic Background, Inequality, School Climate, and Academic Achievement,» suggests that by promoting a positive climate, schools can allow greater equality in educational opportunities, decrease socioeconomic inequalities, and enable more social mobility for students.

She sits on the board of The Chimaera Project, a non-profit presenting opportunities for women and promoting gender equality in the media arts.

''... principal objects... are voluntarily to promote equality of rights and eradicate caste or race prejudice among the citizens of the United States; to advance the interest of colored citizens; to secure for them impartial suffrage, and to increase their opportunities for securing justice in the courts, education for their children, employment according to their ability, and complete equality before the law.»

The plan sets out the BSB's ideas for improving access to the Bar from a diverse cross-section of society, and aims to promote policies which encourage diversity and equality of opportunity within the profession.

This did not amount to a failure to have due regard to the statutory need to promote, for example, equality of opportunity between different racial groups.

Australian law loses an opportunity, through the application of the Native Title Act, to foster a minority culture, to promote self - determination, equality before the law, and freedom of religion.