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Information and guidance on the Equality Act 2010, including age discrimination and public sector Equality Duty.
This Statutory Instrument (SI) ensures that key rights and principles in equality law are safeguarded and enshrined in domestic legislation.
Find out about protection for disabled people from discrimination at work, in education or dealing with the police
As a disabled person, you have rights to protect you from discrimination.…
It’s against the law for employers to discriminate against you because of…
It’s against the law for a school or other education provider to treat…
If you’re being questioned or interviewed at a police station you have…
The Equality Act 2010 protects you from discrimination. It provides legal…
Check if you can get legal aid to help with your legal costs if you think…
We incorporate equality into our core objectives, making every effort to eliminate discrimination, create equal opportunities and develop good working relationships between different people.
How the Equality Act 2010 defines disability, and what law changes mean for the public, businesses, and the public and voluntary sectors.
As a public body, we publish regular information about what our equality objectives are and how we're meeting them.
This guidance explains the rule in the Equality Act 2010 that allows a charity to discriminate by limiting the group of people it helps.
You’re disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a 'substantial' and 'long-term' negative effect on your ability to do daily activities
Employment Tribunal decision.
It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of their sex, religion, disability or certain other personal characteristics ('protected characteristics')
Statutory guidance to help health professionals provide an inclusive screening programme to all eligible people.
Section 153 of the Equality Act gives the government a power to impose specific duties on certain public bodies to help them perform the Equality…
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Guidance on how the Act can protect people and prevent discrimination.
Guidance to help schools understand how the Equality Act affects them and how to fulfil their duties under the act.
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