Labour Markets equalities data and analysis
It is vital that the Government’s labour market policies and programmes are accessible to all sections of the community, and that they address inequalities, discrimination and unfair treatment. This includes issues for vulnerable workers, but also discrimination that hinders the operation of a flexible and inclusive labour market. It is also good practice for businesses to treat its workforce fairly.
Under the Equality Act 2010, it is unlawful to discriminate against people at work because of:
- Age
- Disability
- Gender reassignment
- Marriage and civil partnership
- Pregnancy and maternity
- Race
- Religion or belief
- Sex
- Sexual orientation
The Equality Act also requires public bodies to ensure that their decisions are made in a transparent and accountable way, giving serious consideration to the needs and rights of different members of the community. To demonstrate that this requirement is being met in the development of BIS labour market policy, this page outlines and provides links to:
- equality and diversity analysis included in
1. impact assessments of BIS’s labour market policies, and
2. research reports conducted or sponsored by BIS Labour Markets directorate
- the main data sets utilised in BIS’s analyses of equality and diversity in the UK labour market,
- general guidance about equality and employment rights and responsibilities which has helped inform BIS policy development,
- the main source of official labour market statistics (the Office for National Statistics), whose data underpin much of our equality analysis, and
- key external sources of analysis
