EHRC

Employment

August 17, 2017 0

Tackle education, career stereotypes and flexible working to close pay gap, says EHRC

The equality watchdog has called for action to improve the education of disabled pupils, tackle career stereotypes and improve the availability of flexible working, in order to close the gap in average hourly pay between disabled and non-disabled people. The overall disability pay gap is 14 per cent, but for some impairment groups it

Human Rights

Lord Shinkwin speaking in the House of Lords

August 3, 2017 0

My disability abortion bill could halt Britain’s slide towards eugenics, says Tory peer

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A disabled peer has warned that Britain could be heading towards becoming a “eugenic” society if parliament does not agree to update abortion laws to make it illegal to discriminate against foetuses with impairments. Lord [Kevin] Shinkwin believes that equalising the time limit for abortions for both disabled and non-disabled foetuses would send a

Human Rights

August 3, 2017 0

Disabled peer continues three-month boycott of EHRC board meetings

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The disabled peer chosen to be the equality watchdog’s new disability commissioner has still not attended a single board meeting, more than three months after his appointment, because of a continuing stand-off over the decision to scrap the post. Lord [Kevin] Shinkwin (pictured) is boycotting board meetings until the Equality and Human Rights Commission

Employment

Two men, one with a lawyer's wig, and the other wearing a red, fur-trimmed robe, in the House of Lords

July 20, 2017 0

Equality watchdog and parts of disability movement ‘fail to highlight achievers’

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A government adviser has criticised the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and parts of the disability movement for failing to do enough to highlight “disabled achievers”. The criticism comes in a new report which was co-authored by the government’s disability employment adviser, Professor Francis Davis, who was appointed to the Office for Disability

Human Rights

June 29, 2017 0

New disabled commissioner ‘astounded and offended’ by EHRC treatment

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A disabled peer who thought he had been appointed as the next disability commissioner – only to be told the post had been abolished – has been left “astounded and offended” by his treatment by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). A stand-off has now developed between Lord [Kevin] Shinkwin and the commission’s

Human Rights

May 11, 2017

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Scrapping EHRC disability commissioner role ‘risks sidelining disability’

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The “rash” decision to scrap the role of disability commissioner at the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) will make it harder for the watchdog to stand up to attacks on disabled people’s rights, according to two former commissioners. Both Baroness [Jane] Campbell and Sir Bert Massie criticised the apparent decision not to appoint

Human Rights

May 4, 2017

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EHRC confusion after minister appears to scrap disability commissioner role

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The government appears to have secretly scrapped the post of disability commissioner at the equality and human rights watchdog, but is refusing to confirm that it has done so. The decision only emerged following the government appointment of the disabled Tory peer Lord [Kevin] Shinkwin to the board of the Equality and Human Rights

Politics

April 27, 2017

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Concern as minister appoints Tory peer as equality watchdog’s disability lead

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The government’s decision to appoint a second consecutive Tory peer to lead on the equality watchdog’s work on disabled people’s rights could put its status as a leading international human rights institution in jeopardy, according to a former commissioner. In a long-delayed appointment, Lord [Kevin] Shinkwin has replaced his fellow Conservative peer Lord [Chris]

Arts, Culture and Sport

April 27, 2017

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EHRC threatens Premier League clubs with formal investigations over access failings

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Only three out of 20 Premier League football clubs have met minimum requirements on providing accessible spaces and seating for disabled fans, according to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). A new EHRC review says Premier League clubs have made “only limited progress on stadia accessibility”, have broken Premier League rules, and have

Human Rights

April 6, 2017

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Disability rights have regressed in nine areas, says EHRC

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Disabled people’s rights have regressed in at least nine areas since the coalition government assumed power in 2010, according to a new report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The report concludes that disabled people are still being treated as “second-class citizens” and that rights have regressed in many areas of society,

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