Highways England signs legally binding agreement to protect staff from sexual harassment (Highways England s23 agreement)
Highways England has signed a legally binding agreement with us after a staff member was awarded £74,000 in compensation for sexual harassment and unfair dismissal.
DWP signs legally binding agreement to improve equality and diversity in the workplace (Department for Work and Pensions section 23 agreement)
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) entered a legally binding agreement with us after a former DWP employee won her claim of direct discrimination on the basis of age and race, racial harassment and victimisation.
Network Rail signs agreement to prevent discrimination against disabled people (Network Rail section 23 agreement)
Network Rail’s North West route entered a legally binding agreement with us after it failed to make reasonable adjustments for disabled users during a refurbishment.
Agreement with Pontins to prevent racial discrimination (Pontins Section 23 Agreement)
Britannia Jinky Jersey Limited, owner of Pontins, signed a legally binding agreement with us to prevent racial discrimination after we became aware of discriminatory practices, including an ‘undesirable guest list’, being used by the organisation.
Stopping a school from using a discriminatory hairstyle policy (Ruby Williams vs Urswick School)
A pupil, Ruby, took her school to court after it enforced a uniform policy that banned Afro hair of excessive volume. When the school didn’t respond to the claim, the court issued a default judgment in her favour and the family reached a settlement. We funded the case through court and secured a legally binding agreement with the school to ensure it ended the discriminatory policy and considered factors such as race and religion when determining what a ‘reasonable’ hairstyle was.
Helping the Scottish Legal Aid Board embed equality into its work (Section 23 agreement with Scottish Legal Aid Board)
The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) signed a legal agreement us, committing them to improving their assessment and review of the impact of their policies on people with protected characteristics which put equality considerations at the centre of their work.
Protecting LGBT staff at Jaguar Land Rover from harassment (Jaguar Land Rover Section 23 Agreement)
Car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover signed a legal agreement with us to improve its policies and practices in relation to equality and diversity.
Ensuring deaf customers can access services from DWP (Section 23 agreement with DWP)
In August 2020, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) entered into a legally binding agreement with us to improve support for deaf customers accessing its services by telephone, and to improve its approach to providing reasonable adjustments for other disabled customers. The agreement was for a period of 12 months and has now concluded.