Specific legal equality duties in Wales

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In Wales, the specific duties are found in the Equality Act 2010 (Statutory Duties) (Wales) Regulations 2011. These duties are:

• to publish equality objectives and to report on what steps will be taken to achieve them, by when, and how they will be monitored;

• to review these objectives at least every four years;

• to involve or consult with bodies that represent those with protected characteristics when making decisions;

• to collect equality information and publish it in an accessible way;

• to carry out equality impact assessments involving those affected by the relevant protected characteristics and publish reports;

• to collect and publish information about the number of employees, pay, grade, working pattern, internal and external recruitment, training, discipline and grievance procedures of existing staff, ex-staff and, where appropriate, job applicants, breaking down the data into protected characteristics;

• to train employees on the equality duty;

• to develop and publish an equality action plan to target the gender pay gap;

• to draw up strategic equality plans involving those with protected characteristics;

• to report annually on compliance; and

• to consider equality in the context of public procurement.