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Overall, the EHRC has been positive about the bill, but he thinks the public sector duty in the proposed new legislation doesn't go far enough on disability.
Just get on with ensuring that public servants and those in the private sector that provide services on behalf of the public sector know how they meet the public sector duty under section 149 of the 2010 Equality Act.
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"The public sector duties require institutions to promote equality," explains Rachel Curley, head of equality at the University and College Union (UCU).
Common sense would dictate that this go further than covering discrimination within employment, and include education, goods and services, and public sector duties, as it does at the moment with race and (for Northern Ireland only) religion.
Moreover, dual practice by public sector health workers in the private sector may well induce wastage, as neglect of their public sector duties may ensue as a result.
H1's hospital CEO and other key informants noted that in spite of RWOPS policy allowing for asset seizure and prosecution for fraud if RWOPS was not applied for or public sector duties were neglected, respectively, these threats had never have been carried out in H1 (see Additional file 2 for details on the specifics of RWOPS policy at the time of fieldwork).
The commission said the police may be breaching their legal responsibilities, known as the public-sector equality duty: "Any continuing and serious disproportionate use of these powers against ethnic minorities may indicate that the police and Home Office are not complying with their public-sector duties obligations".
It is worth remembering the origins of the public sector equality duty – it developed from the race equality duty, introduced in 2000 to address the institutional racism identified in the Metropolitan police's investigation into Stephen Lawrence's murder.
The analysis identified a "fundamental flaw" in public sector equality duty to have "due regard" to the need to eliminate discrimination, a duty it said should be strengthened.
Have they taken into account the public sector equalities duty?
"Promotion of transparency is a central aim of the public sector equality duty requirements.
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