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Feb 25, 2021 · Feb. 25, 2021, 2:00 PM PST. By Dan Avery. The House on Thursday passed the Equality Act, a landmark LGBTQ rights bill that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity ...
Nov 27, 2023 · In March 2021, the HRC reported that a recent poll showed “an overwhelming seven in 10 voters support the Equality Act, spanning across demographic and partisan groups, including across all ages, races, religions, and political parties.” Unfortunately, the Senate poses a problem, just as it did over two decades ago.
Feb 8, 2024 · It matters that the Equality Act 2010 (EqA) employment provisions are “assimilated law” (previously called “retained EU law”) within the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 mainly because the s.6(3) provisions on applying pre-2021 case law are expressed to apply to assimilated law.
Mar 4, 2021 · The Equality Act, which passed the House largely along party lines, would amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act by prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity ...
July 2021. The Equality Act 10 Years on Report is the largest and most comprehensive review of the Act in its decade-long history. The report argues that the existing protected characteristics are largely rooted in biology and proposes that new protected characteristics such as socioeconomic background, homelessness, accent, hair, weight, and ...
Mar 1, 2023 · Bill entitled an Act to provide for prohibiting discrimination on the basis of a person's social and economic disadvantaged background; for those purposes to amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 and the Equal Status Act 2000; and to provide for related matters. Last updated: 1 Mar 2023. Sponsored by: Chris Andrews ; Violet-Anne Wynne.
Jun 21, 2021 · June 21, 2021. On Sunday, the Washington Post reported that the Equality Act has hit a wall in the Senate. The bill — which would add LGBT folks to the 1964 Civil Rights Act’s list of people legally protected from discrimination — is supported by a strong majority of the population and is fairly uncontroversial; however, according to the ...
