Equality Act 2010

Annotations:

• The Equality Act 2010 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom with the primary purpose of consolidating, updating and supplementing the numerous prior Acts and Regulations, that formed the basis of anti-discrimination law in Great Britain.

1. Unacceptable behaviour
   1. Harassment

      Annotations:

      • Unwanted conduct related to a relevant protected characteristic, which has the purpose or effect of violating an individual’s dignity or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or  offensive environment for that individual.​ This applies to all protected characteristics apart from pregnancy, maternity & civil partnership​
   2. Bullying
   3. Indirect discrimination

      Annotations:

      • This can be when there is a requirement for all staff that will especially affect one member of the community.
   4. Direct Discrimination

      Annotations:

      • This is when someone is treated less favourably than someone else.​ It is obvious, such as you cannot have a place here because you use a wheelchair.
2. 9 Protected Characteristics

   Attachments:

   • Understanding Conflict at Work
   1. Race
   2. Religion
   3. pregnancy and maternity
   4. sex
   5. age
   6. disability
   7. gender reassingment
   8. marriage
   9. sexual orientation