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Employee Relations 1ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................2Impact of TUC and Other Trade Union Initiatives to Support Equality and Diversity in Creating Successful Working Environments for All Staff.............................................................................2Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5References........................................................................................................................................6
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Employee Relations 2IntroductionThe employers and trade unions deal with an increasingly diverse workforce. The workforce consists of people from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities and higher proportions ofwomen than ever before. The population is aging but the people prefer to work for longer. The barriers faced by disabled people in accessing work is increasingly being recognized to be broken down along with dealing with the issues faced by gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual people at work. (TUC, 2018)Therefore, Trade Union Congress (TUC) and other trade unions initiated with a legal framework for the protection of the workers from unfair treatments due to disability, aging, gender assignment, pregnancy or maternity, married or civil partner status, sexual orientation, religion orbelief (Wight & Conley, 2011). A single law came into force in place of all the discrimination laws – the Equality Act 2010. Various other laws also contain specific rights for the purpose of supporting the progress on equality in the workplace such as rights to maternity, paternity and parental leave and the right to request flexible working. Impact of TUC and Other Trade Union Initiatives to Support Equality and Diversity in Creating Successful Working Environments for All StaffThere is a great impact of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and other trade union initiatives to support equality and diversity by ensuring the promotion of fair treatment at work and advancingthe interests of disadvantaged workers (Paraskevopoulou & McKay, 2015). Various unionized and non- union workplaces have adopted the equal opportunities practices and have resulted in favorable outcomes in the form of equitable pay rates in unionized workplaces than elsewhere. The equality representative initiative of the Trade Union Congress was even financially supported by the government. The Equality Act 2010 protected people from getting discriminated as a result of disability, aging, gender assignment, pregnancy or maternity, marriedor civil partner status, sexual orientation, religion or belief and termed it as protected characteristic. As far as indirect discrimination is concerned, protection is extended to all the areas covered by protected characteristics including gender assignment and disability (Waughray& Dhanda, 2016). Equality and diversity was promoted by this initiative by providing equal
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