Scottish Specific Duties

The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012

Information and guidance on how the University will approach the new specific duties will be published here shortly.

In the meantime here is an outline of the duties:

1. Publish equality outcomes based on evidence and involvement of equality groups by 30 April 2013 and every four years thereafter. Report on progress by 30 April 2015 and every two years thereafter.
2. Reporting on mainstreaming and action to embed equality and diversity into the day to day systems and practices of an organisation by 30 April 2013 and every two years thereafter.
3. Impact assessment of new and revised policies and practices, informed by evidence and involvement in relation to the three parts of general duty from 27 May 2012
4. Gathering, publishing and using employment data on an annual basis across the protected characteristics (to be included in mainstreaming report).
5. Publishing gender pay gap information by 30 April 2013 and every second year after that (150 or more employees).
6. Publishing equal pay statement for gender by 30 April 2013 and every fourth year after that. Subsequent statements to include disabled and race (150 or more employees).
7. Consider equality duty in award criteria for public procurement agreements
8. Publish all reports in a manner that is accessible and using existing means of public performance reporting, as far as is practicable.
9. Scottish Ministers to publish proposals to enable public bodies to better perform the equality duty by 31 December 2013 and every four years thereafter. To report on progress by 31 December 2015 and every four years thereafter