Law and bias, honestly
New equality law and bias in people decisions.
- Level
- Bitesize
- Learning time
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Where
- Equalities and Diversity
- Price
- £39
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Certificate of Completion
Overview and Outcomes.
Overview
Parts of equality law are moving fast. This module sorts what is in force, what is coming and what is pending as at November 2026: the preventative duty on sexual harassment, the staged Employment Rights Act 2025, liability for third-party harassment, pay gap reporting and the 2025 Supreme Court ruling. It also examines the US rollback of DEI and the UK financial regulators' decision on diversity rules. Bias in people decisions is real, but awareness alone rarely changes what people do. This module uses Avanti's three-part model of how bias gets in, examines the Implicit Association Test and the Civil Service decision to phase out unconscious bias training, and looks at affinity, confirmation and proximity bias. It sets out what the evidence supports, drawing on Bohnet, Sackett, and Dobbin and Kalev, and revisits the orchestra audition study.
What you'll develop
In this Bitesize, you will develop the ability to:
- Explain the preventative duty on sexual harassment and what changed on 30 October 2026, including liability for harassment by third parties.
- Set out which equality changes are in force, which are coming with a date, and which are still pending.
- Judge shifts in the wider diversity debate by reading the reasons behind them, keeping legal duties distinct from trends.
- Explain why bias is real but awareness training alone has not been shown to change behaviour, drawing on the evidence on the Implicit Association Test.
- Recognise how affinity, confirmation and proximity bias enter recruitment, appraisal and hybrid working.
- Apply process design, including structured interviews, agreed criteria, independent scoring and accountability, and check claims against their evidence.
The Modules.
1 hour 30 minutes of learning.
- 04Law in Motion 2024 to 2026Parts of equality law are moving fast. This module sorts what is in force, what is coming and what is pending as at November 2026: the preventative duty on sexual harassment, the staged Employment Rights Act 2025, liability for third-party harassment, pay gap reporting and the 2025 Supreme Court ruling. It also examines the US rollback of DEI and the UK financial regulators' decision on diversity rules.41 min
- 05Bias in People Decisions: What the Evidence ShowsBias in people decisions is real, but awareness alone rarely changes what people do. This module uses Avanti's three-part model of how bias gets in, examines the Implicit Association Test and the Civil Service decision to phase out unconscious bias training, and looks at affinity, confirmation and proximity bias. It sets out what the evidence supports, drawing on Bohnet, Sackett, and Dobbin and Kalev, and revisits the orchestra audition study.40 min
Keep going.
Part of the Equalities and Diversity topic, also sold whole as Everyone belongs.
Go deeper, and pay only the difference
- You are hereBitesize, 1 hour 30 minutes, £39
- Next stepFocus, Equality and the law, 3 hours 30 minutes, £69. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £30.
- Explore, Fair by law, fair in practice, 6 hours, £129. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £90.
- The whole topicImmerse, Everyone belongs, 11 hours 30 minutes, £249. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £210.
When you step up to a higher level, what you paid in the last 12 months for lower-level courses inside the bigger course comes off its price, in proportion to how much of each is inside it, whichever topic it's from. Courses at the same or a lower level don't give credit against each other. A Focus course or above always costs at least £15. Prices per person. Read the full terms
Also part of: Fair by design
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- What you cannot seeHidden disabilities, long-term conditions and neurodiversity1 hour 30 minutes£39
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