The high-technology sector — transformative but backward

The new Irish Equality and Human Rights Commission has just come into being, following a lengthy gestation period.

It emerges from the ashes of the Equality Authority and the Human Rights Commission, and will have enlarged powers along with a new head, Emily Logan.

Under the new arrangement, people running public bodies will be under a positive duty to promote equality within the workplace. The idea is that human rights and equality will be ‘embedded’ within this organisation. One wishes them well.