Staff services related Your questions

Are pre-employment health questionnaires allowed under the Equality Act 2010?

Does section 60 (pre-employment health questionnaires) of the Equality Act 2010 impact upon our existing recruitment policies and practices?

What is the Disability Equality Implementation Group?

How do we ask about health and disability on applications?

How should our institution ask about health and disability on job application forms?

Can we keep our minimum age for student entrance?

Will we be able to retain our minimum age for student entrance (mostly 17 or 18 years old)?

What is the Heyday case?

Should institutions monitor data on religion and belief?

Can employees be harassed on the basis of perceived (rather than actual) sexual orientation?

Can employees be harassed on the basis of their perceived sexual orientation even if it transpires that they are heterosexual?

How do we manage conflicts of freedom between individuals' rights concerning sexual orientations and religion and belief?

Should we monitor sexual orientation?

With only a small gap in pay within grades, do we now have equal pay at my university?

We've done a job evaluation review and an equal pay review, and find only a small gap between men's and women’s pay in jobs across similar grades. Does that mean we now have equal pay between men and women?

Is gender equality still an issue in higher education?

My institution has just over 50 per cent female staff and students, and women are getting good degrees – so why is gender equality still on the agenda?

How can we manage disability leave and disability-related sickness?

What are disability leave and disability-related sickness and how can they be managed in the context of our other leave and sickness absence policies?

How does disability equality legislation apply to higher education institutions?

How are we affected by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities?

Does the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities have any consequences for higher education institutions?