Minister speaks about safeguarding and equality
Policy and Reform Minister Chris Thomas admits the latest equality and safeguarding provisions are overdue.
A raft of new measures came in to force on the 1 January.
At the start of next year, further rules on age and disability discrimination, alongside equal pay rights for work of equal value will come in.
Chris Thomas says the opportunity to catch-up has provided an opportunity to move ahead of the field:
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