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From: "Stakeholders" <Stakeholders at equalityhumanrights.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 11:13 AM
Subject: EHRC: Non-statutory Guidance under the Equality Bill


30 June 2009

Dear Colleague,

Non-statutory Guidance under the Equality Bill

This e-mail asks for responses to questions about the process and timetable for
production of non-statutory Guidance under the Equality Bill.  The questions are
set out in the attached document.  We are asking you to respond by Monday 13th
July.

We know this is a short deadline, and apologise for this, but we need to know
your views on the scoping work before we can get on with the rest of the
project, in particular the writing of the first drafts.  The Guidance needs to
be published by July 2010, and so time is pressing.  Unfortunately, that means
asking you for a quick response at this stage, though there will be much longer
response times later in the project.  This is all set out in the attached
document.

You can e-mail your response to
nonstatutoryguidance at equalityhumanrights.com<mailto:nonstatutoryguidance at equalit
yhumanrights.com> or telephone Clare Cozens, Equality Bill Non-Statutory
Guidance Policy Manager, on 020 3117 0361 or contact the Commission via
textphone 0845 604 6620.  You can post responses to:

Clare Cozens
Non-Statutory Guidance
EHRC
3 More London
Riverside Tooley Street
London
SE1 2RG

If you require the document in an alternative format, or if the short deadline
creates any difficulties for you, or if you have any questions, then please do
contact Clare via this e-mail address or phone numbers.

We want to get the best Guidance we possibly can, so wish this to be an open and
collaborative process from the start, so please do respond in whichever way
suits you best.


More about the project

As you will be aware, the Equality & Human Rights Commission has responsibility
for producing both statutory Codes of Practice and non-statutory Guidance under
the Equality Act.  The purpose of the Codes and guidance is to explain to
different user audiences what the law says and how to implement it.

The Commission has now appointed an experienced team to manage production of
both the Codes and Guidance:

Anthony Fairbanks Weston has been appointed as Business Manager responsible for
overall project management and delivery of the non-statutory Guidance and Codes
of Practice to support the implementation of the Equality Act.  Anthony is an
independent consultant with a broad range of experience across Government and
the public sector and was previously the Head of Policy and Communications for
the National Policing Improvement Agency's flagship programme, IMPACT.

Monica Kreel will be leading on production of the statutory Codes of Practice.
Monica is an experienced project manager who has been working in the EHRC's
enforcement team.  In this role, and in her previous work for the Disability
Rights Commission, she has managed a variety of legal projects.  In particular,
Monica was part of the small team which produced the Codes of Practice on
employment issues under the Disability Discrimination Act, working with disabled
people's organisations and employers.

Clare Cozens will be leading on production of the non-statutory Guidance.  Clare
is an independent consultant, with experience of the practical implementation of
equality law in public, private and third sectors through writing and training.
For example, Clare worked with both the CBI and TUC on "Talent not Tokenism", a
case study guide on the business benefits of workforce diversity, and with
Stonewall on practical guidance for NHS managers in promoting equality for LGB
staff and patients.

Ongoing involvement

I do hope that you will be able to respond to our questions.  By being part of
the production of this important piece of work, you will help shape the
practical implementation of the new Equality Act when it comes into effect next
year.  However, this is not your last opportunity, as the attached paper sets
out.

This document and e-mail relate to the non-statutory Guidance.  Monica will
shortly be gathering views on a similar scoping paper on the statutory Codes.
During this project, we (Clare and Monica) will ensure that we work together as
much as possible, in particular to avoid duplication when we are contacting
stakeholders, but at this early stage, we believe separate scoping exercises are
needed.

Thank you very much for your help with this project.  I look forward to working
with you all over the next few months to ensure that the Guidance makes a real
difference to people's everyday experience of equality.

Yours,

Clare

Clare Cozens
Equality Bill Non-Statutory Guidance Policy Manager
clare.cozens at equalityhumanrights.com<mailto:clare.cozens at equalityhumanrights.com
>
020 3117 3061


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