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Looking to the Future: Race and equal pay - Friday 8 May 2015

10.30am - 12.30pm, Friday 8 May 2015
STUC, 333 Woodlands Road, Glasgow, G3 6NG

Close the Gap and CEMVO are holding a half-day seminar for public authorities to support them in mainstreaming their equalities work on employment under the public sector equality duty. The aim is to provide a specific focus on race and equal pay, as public authorities prepare for publishing equal pay statements on race, including occupational segregation information, in 2017.

The event will provide an opportunity to share some lessons learned with regard to gender, identify some additional issues around ethnicity, and offer some practical solutions for improvement and making progress. This interactive group session will use findings from current research and case studies, and will provide an opportunity for questions and answers.

The seminar will look at:

· Challenges in addressing low disclosure rates

· The current evidence base on BME women’s experience of work

· Lessons learned from work on gender and equal pay

· Practical solutions to common issues on mainstreaming race equality

Lunch will be provided.

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