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Diversity law and regulations

An overview of the law concerning diversity and discrimination in the UK, with the latest case summaries and useful guidance.

Legislation

Equality Act 2010
Full text of the Act as enacted and revised, with explanatory notes. The Act came into force on 1 October 2010.

Legal Services Act 2007
Full text of the Act as enacted and revised, with explanatory notes.

Industrial Cases Reports Express (ICLR)
Free case summaries involving employment law, discrimination and other subjects.

The ICAEW Library holds numerous publications on discrimination law and subscribes to major legal databases. For information on using these resources, please contact the Library.

Guidance

Probate diversity data collection and reporting (ICAEW)
Summary of employers' statutory duties with a diversity questionnaire template.

Employers: Preventing discrimination (GOV.UK)
Details of on employers' responsibilities, covering recruitment, pay and discrimination during employment.

The Equality Act: employers' guidance (EHRC)
A collection of guides from the Equality and Human Rights Commission on employers' rights and duties under the Equality Act 2010.

The Equality Act 2010 (Acas)
Guidance and practical resources on the Act from the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.

Legal Alert

Legal Alert is a monthly checklist from Atom Content Marketing highlighting new and pending laws, regulations, codes of practice and rulings that could have an impact on your business.

Online articles

The Library provides access to leading business, finance and management journals. These journals are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users subject to suppliers' terms of use.

LGBTQIA employees leaving accounting profession

Nearly one in five accountants identifying as LGBTQIA left the profession because of a lack of diversity, equitable treatment or inclusion, according to a recent US study.

Meet the first Black CPA Ph.Ds

The stories of William Louis Campfield and Larzette Hale, who were among the first Black accountants to earn Ph.Ds in accounting in the US.

Meet the first Black woman CPA

Mary T. Washington Wylie broke a major barrier in the accounting profession in 1943, becoming the first Black woman in the US to earn the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license.

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