Working Lives Research Institute
The Gower Handbook of Discrimination at Work, edited by WLRI researcher Tessa Wright and Hazel Conley from Queen Mary, University of London, is published this month. The 22-chapter volume brings together contributions from academics and practitioners who have expert knowledge of the various forms of discrimination faced by workers and includes chapters by several WLRI staff and associates - Sonia McKay, Nick Clark, Andrea Winkelmann-Gleed, Anna Paraskevopoulou, Monika Beutel, Sian Moore, Fiona Colgan and Aidan McKearney.
Workplace discrimination is an experience that, despite four decades of equality legislation, continues to blight the lives of thousands every year. Discrimination persists on the protected grounds of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief and gender reassignment, as well as where no legal protection exists such as in relation to class background or migration status. The Handbook discusses recent changes in equality legislation as well as considering the limitations of legal frameworks in addressing inequality. However, complying with the law is only the first step towards addressing discrimination in the workplace, and the book goes beyond the law and provides evidence of good practice in promoting organisational culture change, as well as considering future directions for policy on equality action.
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