Trevor Phillips, chair of the Equal and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) created at the beginning of October (see our article No. 070844), asked the government to enable unions and organizations which fight against discrimination to introduce representative actions to defend people undergoing discriminations. This proposition also aims at relieving the courts, which are faced to the boom in individual complaints concerning wage discrimination. (Ref. 070907)
According to the public organization National Employment Panel, 83% of employers now believe they will never face sanctions for discrimination. This is an alarming figure, according to Trevor Phillips, chair of the Equal and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), who reacted by asking the government to allow representative actions for discrimination victims. According to Trevor Phillips, there are two reasons why these actions should be allowed:
- Take the burden off the victim. Oftentimes, workers exp
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