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Equality Act 2010 - 1 October 2010

The Equality Act 2010 distils and extends existing discrimination legislation in order to provide a simpler, more consistent and more effective legal framework for preventing discrimination. The Act received Royal Assent on 8 April 2010 and will be implemented in stages from 1 October 2010.


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Default retirement age to be abolished - 1 October 2011
The coalition Government has confirmed its intention to abolish the default retirement age of 65 and the associated statutory retirement procedure. It is currently consulting on how to implement this and has proposed a prohibition on employers retiring employees in reliance on the default retirement age on or after 1 October 2011.

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Equal treatment for agency workers - 1 October 2011

In November 2008, the European Council formally adopted the Temporary Agency Work Directive (2008/104/EC), which affords agency workers equal treatment to directly employed staff. The Directive must be implemented by member states no later than 5 December 2011.


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Statutory maternity pay extended - implementation date to be confirmed

The status of the previous Government's goal to extend statutory maternity pay; statutory adoption pay; and maternity allowance to 52 weeks is uncertain under the coalition Government.


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