“We should be able to get there in this parliament.”

There is not yet a clear coalition line. David Cameron’s pre-election promise to look at the issue was criticised as a rather last-minute sop to a community many of which feel distrust towards the Conservative party. Pink News quotes gay Tory MP Nick Herbert as saying:

“It’s not something we’ve got immediate plans to change, but we recognise that there are views that say that the name is important.”

So changes may well be towards the end of this parliament, or indeed a promise for the next one.

Usefully Employed has produced a web-based version of the table, which will be amended to include links explaining what the changes mean to employers, employees, and practitioners.

Visit the page here:

http://blog.usefullyemployed.co.uk/equality-act-2010/table-of-changes/

The Acas table, useful to print out as a ready reckoner, can be found here as a pdf:

http://www.acas.org.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=2840&p=0