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Welcome to Equal Opportunities Review online
Welcome to Equal Opportunities Review online, the online service hosted by XpertHR for subscribers to Equal Opportunities Review.

EOR online provides extensive resources for UK diversity and equal opportunities specialists including:

a fully searchable archive of articles from the journal Equal Opportunities Review from January 2003;

an additional archive, also fully searchable, of EOR articles carefully selected for continuing relevance going back more than 20 years to the launch issue in 1985;

a repository of discrimination case reports from EOR, the Discrimination Case Law Digest and the Discrimination Case Guide;

links to codes of practice from organisations active in the employment discrimination field;

the annual EOR discrimination guide, edited by Michael Rubenstein, extracting key principles from decisions by the appellate courts concerning employment discrimination; and

EOR's compensation guide, providing a unique and indispensable source of information on compensation payments awarded by tribunals in discrimination cases.

To use this guide: Scroll down the guide using your internet browser's scroll bar or jump straight to sections of interest using the contents links below.

Contents

EOR online homepage - before logging in
EOR online
Non-subscribers

EOR homepage - after logging in
    Top navigation buttons
    Side navigation menu
    Upfront articles

Searching EOR online
    Quick search box
    Working with search results
    Information categories
    Advanced search
    Wildcards and Boolean operators

EOR current issue

EOR archive

Case reports
        Case reports organisation
        Topics and subtopics
        Browsing by case title
        Searching case reports
        Browsing latest case reports

Codes of practice

Discrimination guide

Compensation guide

Contact Us

About Us

The EOR online homepage - before logging in

EOR subscribers
Log into the site with your EOR user name and password using the "Subscriber login" box.

Subscriber login box

If you have forgotten your password, click the "request email reminder" link. This will open a page where you can request a password reminder by entering your user name.

If you are still unable to log in, please contact customer services on 0844 800 1863.

Non-subscribers
You have a range of options, all of which can be accessed by following the links in the "Non-subscriber options" box on the log-in page.

Non-subscriber options box

Non-subscriber options
Subscribe now: Simply complete a form and press submit. An invoice will be sent to you shortly.
About Equal Opportunities Review: Read about the benefits of an EOR subscription.
Contents: View a sample contents page of a recent issue of the journal.

Alternatively . . .
You can look around the main site pages and use the EOR online advanced and quick search facilities without logging in. Simply click the navigation buttons at the top and on the left of the EOR online log-in page, or enter your search words in the box at the top right. Remember that you will not be able to access detailed information without logging in.

The EOR online homepage - after logging in

Top navigation buttons and the quick search box
Three navigation buttons and a quick search box are displayed across the top of the homepage. To provide users with easy access to the main features of the site, these buttons and the quick search box are also displayed in the same place on all other main pages of EOR online.

Top navigation buttons and the quick search box
Top navigation buttons and quick search box

Top navigation button functions
Home: Returns you to the homepage of EOR online.
User guide: Opens the EOR online User guide.
Contact us: Opens a page displaying telephone and email contact details for the EOR online team. For more information see Contact us.

Quick search box: Here you are able to search the entire site by typing in your search words and clicking the "GO" button. See Quick search and Advanced search for further guidance on searching EOR online.

Side navigation menu
The side navigation menu is displayed on the left-hand side of the homepage. It is also displayed in the same place on all other main pages of EOR online. The blue buttons list the main subject areas covered on the service.

Side navigation menu

"Upfront" articles
The central column on the homepage displays "Upfront" articles that keep you up to date with recent developments and link to further resources on EOR online. Simply click the title to view further details.

"Upfront" articles

Searching EOR online

Quick search box
At the top right-hand side of every page on EOR online you will see a quick search box. This allows you to initiate a quick search of all articles on EOR online.

Quick search box

The quick search is a simple and fast way to find the information you need. However, depending on your search words, the quick search may return a very large set of results due to the scale of resources available on EOR online. To learn how to find a smaller set of highly relevant results, please refer to the Advanced search section of this guide.

The following tips will help you get the most out of the quick search:

enter the word(s) or phrase(s) (up to 50 characters) that you require in the quick search box

use upper or lower case - searching is not case sensitive

omit most punctuation as it will not be recognised

use double "quote marks" to enclose a phrase

if you enter multiple words without using quote marks, quick search will look for all your search words in any order in the same document

common words such as "a", "the" or "it" are automatically stripped out of all searches not enclosed in "quote marks"

hit the "GO" button - the results of your search will be displayed on a new page.

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Working with search results
In addition to a list of articles matching your search criteria, the search results page will also display the search terms that you entered, the number of articles found and the number of pages on which they are displayed.

Your search results will be returned with the most relevant articles appearing first. Relevance is determined by the number of times your search word(s) or phrase(s) appear in an article. So if you search for the phrase "race discrimination", for example, the article at the top of the results list will be the one where the phrase "race discrimination" occurs the highest number of times.

Search results page

The following tips will help you get the most out of your search results:

Use the "Sort by publish date" link to reorder the search results so that the most recently published articles appear first

Use the page number list boxes

at the top right and bottom right of the search results page to move to the next or previous page of results, or to select a specific page

Click the "Refine search" link to open the Advanced search page with your original search words already entered in the search box, so that you can refine your search by topic, information type, date range and publication

Click the "New search" link to open the Advanced search page with an empty search box, so that you can begin an entirely new search

Click the "Search tips" link to view information on searching in the user guide

Information categories
Our team of editors categorise articles that are added to the site in a unique way that enables you to access the information you require quickly and efficiently. Categories used include topics, information types and publications.

Advanced search form - topic selection boxes
Advanced search form - topic selection boxes

Advanced search form - topic selection boxes

Information category descriptions
Topics: There are nine topics, each of which represents a main area of interest within the diversity and equal opportunities field. Topics include age, disability, equal opportunities policy and practice, gender reassignment, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and statutory procedures and penalties. A single article may be associated with one or more topics.
Information types: There are seven information types, each of which represents a particular type of article. Information types include news, surveys and statistics, case studies, commentary and analysis, case reports, legal guidance and forthcoming law. A single article will be associated with only one information type.
Publications: There are four publications, including Equal Opportunities Review, Discrimination Case Law Digest, Discrimination Case Law Guide and Discrimination Compensation Guide.

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Advanced search
Our innovative approach to categorising information enables EOR online to offer an outstanding advanced search facility.

To open the advanced search, click the "Advanced search" link under the quick search box which is displayed at the top right-hand side of every main page on EOR online.

Advanced search link

Advanced search gives you the option of entering your search word(s) or phrase(s), along with the ability to target your search within your chosen combination of:

topic(s)

information type(s)

publications(s)

date range

Specifying the date range of the material you are searching for will limit the search results returned to articles originally published, or subsequently updated, within your specified time frame.

You can pre-select the number of search results you wish to be returned on each page of search results - from as few as 10 to as many as 100.

Click the red "Search" button to proceed to the search results page. The query submitted will initiate a search for articles that contain only the combination of words, phrases, topics, information types, publications and the date-range that you entered.

Advanced search form

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Wildcards and Boolean operators
Searching on EOR online can be further improved using two common search techniques: wildcards and Boolean operators.

The character used for a wildcard in EOR online searches is the asterisk (*). This can be added to the end of a word to truncate it. For example, if you entered "employ*" into any of the EOR online search boxes, the search engine would retrieve documents including the word employ and other words beginning with the same six letters, such as employs, employer, employee, employees and employment. Or if you entered the phrase "annual* hours", the search would return articles containing the phrase "annualised hours" as well as those containing the phrase "annual hours".

Boolean operators are a useful tool allowing you to further refine your text-based searches. The Boolean operators supported in EOR online are:

AND

NOT

NEAR

Examples of Boolean operators in action
Searching for maternity AND pay will retrieve articles containing both the words "maternity" and "pay" but not necessarily next to each other.

You don't actually have to type "AND". EOR online assumes that your search words are separated by "ANDs" unless you use one of the other Boolean operators, OR, NOT or NEAR, described below.

Searching for maternity OR pay will retrieve articles that contain either "maternity" or "pay".

Searching for maternity NOT pay will retrieve articles that contain the word "maternity" and not the word "pay".

Searching for maternity NEAR pay will retrieve articles where those two words appear within 50 words of one another.

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Current issue

Open the current issue page by clicking the "EOR Current Issue" button on the side navigation menu.

EOR current issue page

The central column on the EOR current issue page displays the titles and summaries of articles from the most recent issue of Equal Opportunities Review. Simply click a title to view an article.

You can also search the EOR journal archive by entering your search word(s) or phrase(s) in the search box or by clicking "Advanced search" to open the advanced search form. See Advanced search for further details.

The EOR current issue page displays links to archive issues on the right-hand side. Click a link to open a recent archive issue or click "Full archive" for access to the complete list.

EOR archive

Open the EOR archive page by clicking the "EOR Archive" button on the side navigation menu or by clicking the "Full list" link on the EOR current issue page.

EOR archive page

The central column on the EOR archive page displays links to all issues of Equal Opportunities Review from EOR 89, January/February 2000 onwards. Simply click a link to view an issue.

The EOR archive page displays links to pages containing older archive issues on the right-hand side. Click a link to open a list of archive issues from an earlier date range, beginning with 1985 to 1989.

Case reports

EOR online's unique case reports facility enables users to keep up with employment cases and to check key legal precedents quickly and efficiently. Open the case reports section by clicking the blue "case reports" button on the side navigation.

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Case reports organisation
The contents of the case reports section can be accessed in four ways:

by selecting a case topic, a case subtopic, a case and then a law report about that case

by selecting a case title and then a law report about that case

by entering your search requirements

by browsing a list of the latest case reports added to EOR online

Case reports topics and subtopics
The first page of the case reports section displays a series of case law topic buttons.

Above the topic buttons, there are four navigation tabs: "Topic", "Case title", "Search" and "Latest". These tabs are always available from any case reports page:

the "Topic" tab returns you to the display of case topics

the "Case title" tab opens an alphabetical list of cases by title

the "Search" tab opens the case law search page

click the "Latest" tab to view the 10 latest law reports added to EOR online

Case reports - topic page

Click a case law topic button to open a new page showing the case law subtopics available within that topic.

Case reports - subtopic page

The case law topic that you have selected is shown in the blue bar at the top of the screen. The case law subtopics within that topic are displayed in buttons below the navigation tabs.

Click a case law subtopic button to open a new page showing your chosen subtopic. The blue bar at the top of the screen will now show the case law topic and the subtopic that you have selected, and the subtopic button will be highlighted in dark blue. A list of relevant cases is displayed below the case law subtopic buttons.

Click the "Back" link or the "Topic" tab to return to the original boxed display of case topics.

Case reports - subtopic selected page

Clicking a case title opens a new page displaying a list of all the law reports articles relating to that case.

Case reports - article list page

All law reports articles display a list of the cases discussed in the article. Click the case title to view more EOR online resources on that case.

Case reports - article detail page, highlighting case title link

Browsing case laws reports by case title
To browse case reports by case title, click the "Case title" tab, which is displayed along with the "Topic", "Search" and "Latest" tabs above the topic or subtopic buttons at the top of every case reports page.

Case reports - case title page

The initial the case reports case title page shows the case title list for cases beginning with the letter "A". At the top of this page are letters of the alphabet which form links to other case title pages.

Click a letter of the alphabet to go to the case title page you require. When the page appears, the letter you have selected will be highlighted in red.

Click a case title to open a new page displaying a list of law reports relating to that case. To return to the case title page, click the "Back" link towards the top right-hand side of the law reports listing page, press the "Back" button on your internet browser or hit the backspace key on your keyboard.

Searching case reports
To search the entire EOR online case law database, click the "Search" tab, which is displayed along with the "Topic", "Case title" and "Latest" tabs above the topic or subtopic buttons at the top of every case reports page.

Case reports - search

On the case reports search page:

enter your search word(s) or phrase(s) in the search box

use upper or lower case - the search is not case sensitive

omit punctuation marks

use double "quote marks" to enclose a phrase

click the red "Search" button to view your results

You may use wildcards and Boolean operators. You can also click the "Full search" link for more search options. Please refer to the section of this user guide on Searching for further guidance.

Case reports - search results page

The case reports search results page displays the article titles and summaries of law reports articles that match your search terms in order of relevance, with the most relevant at the top. As in other searches on EOR online, relevance is defined by the number of times your search word(s) or phrase(s) appear in the articles.

The following tips will help you get the most out of your case reports search results:

use the "Sort by publish date" link to re-order the search results so that the most recently published articles appear first

click the red button More like this button

placed at the left of each listed search result to find more articles like the selected article

use the "Refine search" link to return to the case reports search page with your search words entered and ready for editing

use the "New search" link to return to a blank case reports search page to start your search again

the "Search tips" link opens this user guide

open one of the articles displayed in the results list by clicking its title

To return to the search results page from a law reports article, press the "Back" button on your internet browser or the backspace key on your keyboard, or click the "Back" link at the bottom of the page.

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Browsing the latest case reports
To browse the latest case reports, click the "Latest" tab, which is displayed along with the "Topic", "Search" and "Case title" tabs above the topic or subtopic buttons at the top of every case reports page.

Case reports - latest page

The case reports latest page displays the article titles and summaries of the ten most recently published law reports articles, with the most recent at the top.

Click an article title to view the full law reports article. To return to the latest case reports page from a law reports article, press the "Back" button on your internet browser or the backspace key on your keyboard, or click the "Back" link at the bottom of the page.

Codes of practice

The codes of practice page provides a regularly updated set of links to codes of practice from organisations active in the employment discrimination field.

Open the codes of practice page by clicking the blue "Codes of Practice" button on the side navigation.

Codes of practice page

Click a code of practice title to open the code. Codes open on external websites in a new browser window.

Discrimination guide

The annual EOR discrimination case law guide, edited by Michael Rubenstein, extracts key principles from decisions by the appellate courts concerning employment discrimination.

Open the discrimination case law guide contents page by clicking the blue "Discrimination Guide" button on the side navigation.

Discrimination guide contents page

From the discrimination guide contents page you can browse specific sections by clicking on the section titles.

To search the discrimination guide, go to the advanced search page by clicking the "Advanced search" link in the top right-hand corner of all pages on the site, enter your search word(s) or phrase(s) and then tick the box next to "Discrimination Case Law Guide" in the publication section before hitting the "Search" button. See Advanced search for further details.

Compensation guide

The EOR compensation guide provides a unique and indispensable source of information on compensation payments awarded by tribunals in discrimination cases.

Open the compensation guide contents page by clicking the blue "Compensation Guide" button on the side navigation.

Compensation guide contents page

From the compensation guide contents page you can browse specific sections by clicking on the section titles.

To search the compensation guide, go to the advanced search page by clicking the "Advanced search" link in the top right-hand corner of all pages on the site, enter your search word(s) or phrase(s) and then tick the box next to "Discrimination Compensation Guide" in the publication section before hitting the "Search" button. See Advanced search for further details.

To open the contact us page, click the "Contact Us" top navigation button, which is displayed on all main pages.

This page provides details of EOR online customer support, sales and editorial contacts.

About us

XpertHR Equal Opportunities Review online is published Michael Rubenstein Publishing and hosted by XpertHR.

Michael Rubenstein Publishing Ltd a company incorporated in England (Company No 06254214) whose registered office is at 110/112 Lancaster Rd, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 8AL.

XpertHR is a registered trademark of Reed Business Information Limited.

All applications to reproduce material which appears on EOR online other than expressly permitted by the Terms and conditions of use should be directed to Michael Rubenstein Publishing, PO Box 61064, London SE1P 5BQ.