Equality Bill
12:00 pm
Imelda Redmond: I am Imelda Redmond. I am from Carers UK. Carers UK really welcomes the Equality Bill, particularly its recognition of carers and discrimination by association. We hear a lot about carers experiencing discrimination at either pre-employment or in employment. This would help. I am not sure that it would help a great deal with extending flexible working because separate legislation deals with that, but it would raise a lot more awareness among employers that it is a group within their work force that can be discriminated against.
The sorts of cases that we get are of people who feel very sidelined in organisations and are overlooked for promotion, and who are not selected and told that it is because of their caring responsibilities if they had disclosed that at interview. The Bill would help with that, but not necessarily with increased flexibility.