Wer darf im Pond schwimmen?
Who is allowed to swim in the pond?
https://taz.de/Rechte-fuer-Transfrauen/!6107971/
#humanrights #Menschenrechte #frauenrechte #geschlecht #transrechte #transfrauen #transgender #equalitylaw #britishlaw #supremecourt #frauenschutz #diskriminierung #männer #gleichberechtigung #moderneprobleme #selfid #transrights #transcommunity #transwomen #britischesrecht #protectedspaces #womenrights #genderpolitics #safespaces #London
Just posted on the UK Labour Law Blog (https://lnkd.in/eEfDnm4x) -
Following stories last month about West Yorkshire Police’s policy, a 3,000 word look at The Limits of Positive Action under the Equality Act 2010 -
This is worth a read, I think.
#Counterfire | Rights and Rulings
"The danger is that if we allow proclamations that this is the end of trans rights to go unchallenged, not only will trans people be made more anxious and isolated, but the perception will start to become the reality. The respect and dignity which trans people have won over the last decades could indeed be lost, not because of what the law says about single-sex spaces, but if the consensus becomes that this ruling means that trans people don’t deserve equality."
The Supreme Court decision is a chance to reset the debate and defend women's and trans rights together, argues Elaine Graham-Leigh The UK Supreme Court ruling on the meaning of the words ‘woman’ and ‘man’ in the Equality Act 2010 has been greeted with jubilation by gender-critical feminists but alarm from trans-rights activists and others.
Published yesterday (Online First) in the European Labour Law Journal:
As clear as mud: Assessing the relationship between proposed pay transparency mechanisms and data protection obligations in EU law - https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/UINNAIACBKZ3D4GQWG5M/full
by Henry Pearce (UoPLaw) and Victoria Hooton (MPI)
A (still experimental) substack post on disregards and pardons
https://jamesahand.substack.com/p/extension-of-disregards-and-pardons
#UKLaw (or rather E&W) #EqualityLaw
On Tuesday this week (13 June 2023), the UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding announced that “the Government is today bringing into force sections 194 and 195 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 which will extend the scope of the Government’s disregards and pardons scheme. This is a significant step forward in addressing the wrongs of the past when LGBT people were criminalised for their sexuality in civilian life and while serving in the Armed Forces.”
My colleagues are inviting applications for a fully-funded three year PhD to commence in October 2023 on
Understanding the gender pay gap: A comparative analysis of institutional infrastructure and company policies in Europe
Closing date for applications: 5 May
#PhDPosition #PhDBursary #GenderPayGap #EqualityLaw
Interesting topic; great team; no PhD fees; bursary at UKRI rate (£17,668 for 2022/23)
Published on the UK Labour Law Blog today, a 3,000 word post on employers’ (and the like’s) liability for harassment by third parties https://uklabourlawblog.com/2023/04/13/liability-for-harassment-by-third-parties-in-the-equality-act-2010-james-hand/
In light of this week’s gender pay gap publishing date in the UK, an SLSA Blog post by Victoria Hooton and me
http://slsablog.co.uk/blog/blog-posts/gender-pay-gap-time-for-a-change/
By James Hand, University of Portsmouth and Victoria Hooton, Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory April 4th 2022 saw the deadline for private employers, who had a headcount of at least 250 employees on the snapshot date a year before, to report their gender pay gap information (with public bodies in England having
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