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INTRODUCTION Individual complaints Exceptions, including affirmative action
Regulatory scheme of the 1989 Act
LEGISLATIVE CHANGES ENACTED
BETWEEN 1989 AND 1998
OTHER RELEVANT GOVERNMENT
POLICIES
THE FAIR EMPLOYMENT AND
TREATMENT ORDER 1998
EQUALITY COMMISSION WORKING
GROUP REPORT CONCEPTS IN ISSUE IN FAIR EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION Discrimination Equality of Opportunity Affirmative action
Fair participation ASSESSING THE POSITION TO DATE Introduction Progress against the criteria Decline in unlawful discrimination Reduction in segregation Reduction in under-representation in employment Unemployment differential Employer compliance with regulatory requirements Costs of the legislation Overall assessment Role of legislation and public policy Handling of individual complaints Fair participation Regulation versus complaints
Enforcement versus advice-giving Equality Commission Harmonisation of equality legislation Statutory Duty to Promote Equality of Opportunity Contract Compliance National Security Certificates Affirmative action and reverse discrimination Composition of the Senior Civil Service Institutional Arrangements for Equality within Government Unemployment differential Investment
Research
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE
RELATING TO THE REPORT
LIST OF MEMORANDA INCLUDED
IN THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
LIST OF APPENDICES TO
THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE WEDNESDAY 16 DECEMBER 1998
WEDNESDAY 13 JANUARY 1999
WEDNESDAY 27 JANUARY 1999
WEDNESDAY 3 FEBRUARY 1999
APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
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