Equality and Human Rights News May 2013

Can't see this email? Please view it online  Equality and Human Rights News May 2013 Update your profile Mainstreaming human rights in home care buying decisions New guidance for commissioners of home care The Commission has launched a new guide to help local authorities better understand their human rights obligations when commissioning and procuring home care for older people in England. Read more Commission tells Court that human trafficking victim should never have been prosecuted Commission intervenes in post employment victimisation case Commission intervenes in judicial review of new housing benefit regulations A 14 year old Vietnamese boy who was trafficked into the UK and forced into slave labour was sentenced to 12 months in a Young Offenders Institution. Read more The Commission is providing legal representation to Mr Jessemey in his appeal to the Court of Appeal against the finding of the Employment Appeal Tribunal that it had no jurisdiction to hear his claim of post-employment victimisation after he received a poor work reference. Read more The Commission has intervened in a judicial review at the High Court involving MA and nine others who fear losing their homes as a result of new housing benefit regulations. Read more Also this month New guidance launched to help employers support staff experiencing domestic abuse European Agency reports that many LGBT people feel they cannot be themselves in their daily lives Commission publishes new framework agreement with government The guidance, developed by the Commission and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development in Wales, outlines how employers should respond if an employee is affected by domestic abuse. Read the guide: Managing and supporting staff experiencing domestic abuse’ guidance   The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has published the findings from its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) survey, the EU’s largest LGBT hate crime and discrimination survey ever conducted. Read more The Commission has published a new framework document which sets out its relationship with government and how it operates as an independent Arm’s Length Body.   Read more Other news Ban on age discrimination in services event NHS and Social care staff are invited to sign up for a free event on 6 June focused on the ban on age discrimination in services, hosted by the Commission, Age UK and the Department of Health. Read more A fresh approach to fairness Conference The Commission in Wales will host their annual Equality Exchange Conference on 5 June. This is a free conference for Equality Exchange members. Speakers include the new Equality Minister Huw Lewis AM. Read more Equality related reading lists Widen your knowledge of equality issues by visiting the Commission's recommended reading lists on our website here.  You can make suggestions of new reading lists by emailing us at: library@equalityhumanrights.com Follow us online To stop receiving this newsletter, unsubscribe here