Newsflash: ACAS guidance on discrimination

ACAS has published three new guides on handling discrimination. These are aimed at helping employers identify, tackle and prevent discrimination in the workplace:

• Equality and discrimination: Understand the basics sets out the law on discrimination and gives examples to help employers understand their obligations;

• Prevent discrimination: Support equality is a practical guide on how to prevent discrimination and promote equality in the workplace. It addresses matters such as recruitment and promotion policies and gives advice on day to day workplace issues, such as dress codes and religious practices; and

• Discrimination: What to do if it happens provides advice on how to investigate and handle grievances relating to discrimination.