Defending terms and conditions - a legal guide for union reps (September 2020)

Chapter 6

Equality

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Equality concerns should be central to every negotiation over potential cuts to jobs and terms and conditions.

They are especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is plenty of evidence that COVID-19 does not impact on everyone equally, either in terms of the disease itself or its economic impact.

As well as being important in their own right, equality laws can strengthen workers’ bargaining position in a negotiation (see Chapter 3).


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