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LGBT delegates' Conference LGBT National Delegates Conference takes place in Manchester from Friday 17 November to Sunday 19 November. Active members of the LGBT group are requested to show an initial interest in attending so that the branch can make appropriate travel and accommodation arrangements. It is hoped that the Scottish delegation can be accommodated together at The Palace hotel which is within walking distance of the conference venue in Manchester Town HallDraft resolutions Comments to Alec Deary please. Local Authorities.doc European Pride.doc The media constantly portrays domestic violence as a heterosexual experience.doc Blood Donation Homophobia.doc Latvia LGBT Amnesty International link August 06 executive report (.DOC) August 06 additional (.DOC) June 30 06 LGBT report to branch executive (MS Word) LGBT SOG Meeting schedule for 2006/7 Thursday 28th September - 19:00 St Andrew's University Fresher Week and Student Recruitment (Student's Union by kind invitation of St Andrews LGBT Society). Transport will be organised to leave Kirkcaldy at 18:00 returning at 21:00
Tuesday 31st October 12:00 - Initially meeting in Costa Coffee - Fife House - meeting will be in a member's office Monday 27th November - Lambda Centre Kirkcaldy - World AIDS Day 2006 Post LGBT Conference chat Monday 18th December - Holiday Lunch - (Venue tbc - Lomond Centre suggested - any other venues to explore?) It seems ages away but as we know from previous years, before we know it the Winter holiday break is here! Monday 22nd January 2007 -17:00 - Lambda Centre, 5 South Fergus Place Kirkcaldy - Nominations for the branch's Aggregated Annual General Meetings Would members please note that meetings have been planned with participation and inclusion in mind. Feedback about meeting times, location, content etc would be very welcome. We are especially keen to ensure that bisexual and transgender members play a full in their unions and self organised group as these members are under-represented in your LGBT self organised group. Pension Rights & Civil Partnerships The main question is whether civil partners will be able to claim survivors' benefits for pension rights accruing after the act comes into force or pre-act pension accruals.With regard to survivor pensions in public service schemes, civil partners will be treated in the same way as married couples. The effect of this is that a surviving civil partner will be able to access their deceased civil partner's public service pension provision to accrue a survivor's pension in respect of rights accrued from 1988. A surviving civil partner whose partner was a member of a contracted-out pension scheme will be able to access their deceased civil partner's contracted-out rights accrued from 1988. This reflects the fact that surviving civil partners over state pension age will be able to access their deceased civil partner's state pension provision. Contracted-out rights replace a part of state pension provision; consequently, members who opt out of the state system are entitled to equivalent pension provision to those in the state system. The act, however, fails to provide full equality between married couples and civil partners, as survivors' rights are not extended beyond contracted-out rights in private pension schemes. In contracted-in private pension schemes which provide survivor benefits, a surviving spouse would be entitled to benefits in respect of all their deceased spouse's accrued rights under the scheme. However, a surviving civil partner in the same scheme would not be entitled to benefits in respect of their deceased civil partner's rights under the act. This inequality can be resolved if the scheme adopts more generous rules or if the trustees exercise a discretion (if any) to provide benefits for a surviving civil partner. This inequality is partially remedied by amendments to the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations. These amendments provide that any difference in employment and pension rights between married couples and civil partners is unlawful discrimination. Therefore, with effect from the date the amended regulations come into force, it will be unlawful for trustees of private pension schemes to provide members with civil partners with lesser benefits than members who are married. January 2006 exec report (17Kb DOC) December 2005 exec report (17Kb DOC) Sexual Orientation and the Workplace Putting the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 into practice guidelines for employers and their staff (PDF).How diverse are we? Please complete this survey and return it to the branch office for the attention of the Lesbian and Gay group.Buy a badge The branch executive meeting on 13 June, 2002 agreed to buy 200 badges from Wola Nani - a South African initiative caring for people living with HIV/AIDS. Badges will be available from the branch office for �2. All proceeds to Wola Nani.Useful information April 2006 report (.DOC)February 2006 report (.DOC) 26 August LGBT report (14Kb doc) 05 August LGBT report (14Kb doc) LGBT report July 2005 (22KB DOC) June 2005 executive report (19Kb doc) May 2005 executive report (25Kb .doc) April 2005 Lesbian and Gay group report (22KB DOC) March 2005 exec report (36Kb DOC) Briefing on DDA and HIV (41Kb PDF) Disability Discrimination Act 1995 - Effect on people living with HIV (MS Word) |
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