To ensure long-term enforcement of the new duties on employers introduced in the Employment Rights Bill, the Government should revisit the regime for enforcing equality law and harm against individual protected characteristics, including setting out how the Fair Work Agency will work with the EHRC where their responsibilities overlap. As part of its implementation of employment rights reform, we recommend that Government review and consult on the future of equality law enforcement with a targ...

To ensure long-term enforcement of the new duties on employers introduced in the Employment Rights Bill, the Government should revisit the regime for enforcing equality law and harm against individual protected characteristics, including setting out how the Fair Work Agency will work with the EHRC where their responsibilities overlap. As part of its implementation of employment rights reform, we recommend that Government review and consult on the future of equality law enforcement with a targeted focus on areas where enforcement may be improved to better protect workers from harassment and abuse on the basis of protected characteristics. This Type: recommendation | Number: 8 | Response status: not_accepted Government response: The Government agrees that effective enforcement will be crucial to achieving workplaces and working conditions free from harassment. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) will retain its current responsibility to enforce the Equality Act 2010, includ