Video resources from the Commission in Scotland

The Scotland Legal Team is pleased to introduce equality : online, a new initiative which we hope will provide a more flexible way of delivering training across Scotland as you can watch it at your desk, at a time that suits, and as many times as you like. Subtitled and BSL editions are available.

Episode 3

In this episode of equality: online, Jayne Hardwick, Senior Lawyer from the Equality and Human Rights Commission and Alice Stobart, Advocate from Westwater Advocates, provide an introduction to EU equality legislation, discuss key case law and set out the principles courts follow when applying this legislation.

Episode 2

This episode features Nicola Manison, Senior Solicitor from the Equality and Human Rights Commission and Dan Byrne, Advocate from Axiom Advocates discussing Article 14 of the ECHR in context and the latest cases from both the UK and EU. (Published October 2015)

Episode 1

In our first episode, Lindsey Reynolds, Senior Solicitor at the Commission, and Julius Komorowski, Advocate from Terra Firma Advocates, discuss the themes of equality and justiciability in the context of international human rights law. (Published July 2015)

To help companies get equality and diversity right in the workplace the EHRC commissioned Enormous Yes to act out real life cases involving Age, Maternity/Pregnancy and Religion/Belief. The cases explore the issues faced by employers and employees as well as and how The Equality Act can have a positive effect on for businesses.

Age discrimination dramatisation

Transcript of age drama

Pregnancy/maternity discrimination dramatisation

Transcript of pregnancy/maternity drama

Religion or belief discrimination dramatisation

Transcript of religion or belief drama

More details of the case studies, including guidance for employers are available here.

The EHRC in Scotland held an event in 2012 to examine and discuss the equality lessons that can be learned and the outcomes of projects that the Commission has funded betweeb 2009 and 2012. A short film was shown which captured the stories of impact of the projects, and the launch of a publication, which examined the headline learning points from each organisation.

The film is available to view below, and the publication is available to view here. An evaluation report of our funding programme is available here.