Telephone tutorial: Understanding positive action and positive discrimination

9th September 2009, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Free to gold members.  Please indicate your gold status when completing your on-line booking form to receive your free place.

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What is the difference between positive action and positive discrimination?

What is lawful and in what circumstances?

What is the impact of the Equality Bill in relation to positive action?

To get answers to these questions, and a thorough understanding of what positive action and positive discrimination means for your organisation, dial in to this Telephone Tutorial with Bela Gor, Legal Director, EFD and Kerry Smith, Disability Directions Manager, EFD.

Using positive action - or in some cases positive discrimination - measures can help an employer target disabled people where they are under-represented in recruitment or training.

Why attend?

This Telephone Tutorial enables you to:

• Develop an understanding of positive action and positive discrimination.
• Get an overview of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) part II and how positive action and positive discrimination are interpreted.
• Hear about examples of positive action and positive discrimination.
• Understand the impact of the Equality Bill and what this means in relation to positive discrimination.
• Understand how this relates to you if you are a local authority.
• Ask experts questions about issues you may be facing in the workplace.

Alternative arrangements can be made for delegates with specific requirements.

Who should attend?

HR professionals, diversity and disability practitioners.