Three new projects impacting on the workplace and the enforcement of employment rights are at the centre of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s new Business Plan for 2015/16 as follows

–  Examine the factors contributing to pay gaps and the effectiveness of current action to address unequal pay, with the aim of establishing a more effective approach to addressing the persistent problem of pay gaps for women, disabled workers and those from black and minority ethnic communities.

–  Examine the state of access to civil justice, exploring how recent changes to legal aid, tribunal fees and funding of the advice sector have affected the right to a fair trial and access to civil justice for people sharing particular protected characteristics.

–  Assess how attitudes and values relate to unlawful discrimination, harassment and identity-based violence and how far regulating behaviour can engender changes in attitudes and prevent/respond to unlawful acts.

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