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The Elephant in the Room: Protected Characteristics – Parental Status

Posted on May 23, 2021 (June 22, 2021) by Donna Obstfeld

Being a working parent is hard! For me, it was actually harder when my kids were at primary school, than when they were at nursery. At nursery, there was cover from 7am – 7pm if I needed it. At primary school there appeared to be a natural assumption that you could drop off at 8:50, […]

The Elephant in the Room: Protected Characteristics – Race

Posted on May 17, 2021 (June 22, 2021) by Donna Obstfeld

I often ask myself how, in 2021 is Race still an ‘Elephant in the Room’ in the workplace. The Race Relations Act first came into force in 1965 and outlawed discrimination on the “grounds of colour, race, or ethnic or national origins” in public places. It was then updated in 1976 and 2000 and replaced […]