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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com January 13, 2011
U.K. Public Servants: Come Out
By Advocate.com Editors
Teachers, nurses, and police officers in the U.K. may be asked to disclose
their sexual orientation, gender identity, and other personal details as
part of an “equality drive” meant to promote diversity among public
servants and the people they serve.
The Daily Mail reports on the plan from Liberal Democrat equalities minister
Lynne Featherstone to comply with the Equality Act. Public sector
organizations will be asked to consider sending “diversity monitoring forms
” to staff members as part of the compliance procedures.
“From April, public bodies will be subject to the Equality Act – passed by
Labour but taken up enthusiastically by the Coalition – which will force
them to consider the impact of everything they do on the diversity of the
people they serve or employ,” reports the Mail.
The proposed questionnaires from Featherstone would ask employees about
their sexuality, whether they have had gender reassignment surgery, and
their race and religion, the Mail reports.
Critics charged the plan would result in excess bureaucracy. |
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