What is the Public Sector Equality Duty?
How do I ensure compliance?
Whatever your policy role the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) is vital to your work – it applies throughout policy development, must be taken into account when decisions are made and remains relevant as your policy is implemented.
This session provides a practical overview of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) policy for policy makers. You’ll come away from it with lots of top tips on how you can ensure that Ministers are able to comply with the PSED – including how to advise on the PSED in a sub.
You will learn—
· WHY the PSED is important
· HOW it fits into the policy making process
· WHEN a full equalities impact assessment is necessary - and when a lighter touch approach may be appropriate
· WHAT the potential consequences of failing to give proper consideration to these duties are
Links to policy profession pathway topic: impact assessments and impact tests, legal
Please note, dial in details will only be sent to members of MHCLG and PINS. Please therefore reserve a ticket using your MHCLG or PINS email address. Once you have reserved a ticket you will be sent a Teams meeting invitation shortly before the event is due to begin.
Once tickets on eventbrite have sold out, please email parin.solanki@communities.gov.uk to secure your attendance for the session.
If you are attending our session and have accessibility needs (i.e. use adaptive technology to help with visual impairment etc.) please contact parin.solanki@communities.gov.uk for a static copy of the slides in advance of the session.
