Equality Act 2010 Research Paper
1.1 THE EQUALITY ACT 2010
The Equality Act 2010 is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which makes provisions and sets the requirements for strategic decision makings by Ministers of the Crown and others. These provisions govern the exercise of functions of the Ministers of the Crown with regards to:
• The desirability of reducing socio-economic inequalities
• Reforming and harmonising equality law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to discrimination and certain personal characteristics arising from harassments
• Enabling certain employers to be required to publish a gender balanced information of their employees relating to differences in pay
• Prohibiting victimisation in certain circumstances
• Requiring the exercise of functions to be associated with the need to eliminate discrimination and other prohibited conduct
• Enabling duties to be imposed in relation to the exercise of public procurement functions
• Increasing equality of opportunity
• Amending the law relating to rights and responsibilities in family relationships and for connected purposes.
The Equality Act 2010 mirrors and implements the provisions of the Equal Treatment Directives. The Equal Treatment Directive is an Act enacted by the …show more content…
On grounds of religion, sexual orientation and age, the Equality Act 2010 has significantly proven to protect discrimination in employment. It requires equal treatment in access to employment, private and public services. This is regardless of the protected characteristics of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation as well as marriage and civil
The Equality Act 2010 is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which makes provisions and sets the requirements for strategic decision makings by Ministers of the Crown and others. These provisions govern the exercise of functions of the Ministers of the Crown with regards to:
• The desirability of reducing socio-economic inequalities
• Reforming and harmonising equality law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to discrimination and certain personal characteristics arising from harassments
• Enabling certain employers to be required to publish a gender balanced information of their employees relating to differences in pay
• Prohibiting victimisation in certain circumstances
• Requiring the exercise of functions to be associated with the need to eliminate discrimination and other prohibited conduct
• Enabling duties to be imposed in relation to the exercise of public procurement functions
• Increasing equality of opportunity
• Amending the law relating to rights and responsibilities in family relationships and for connected purposes.
The Equality Act 2010 mirrors and implements the provisions of the Equal Treatment Directives. The Equal Treatment Directive is an Act enacted by the …show more content…
On grounds of religion, sexual orientation and age, the Equality Act 2010 has significantly proven to protect discrimination in employment. It requires equal treatment in access to employment, private and public services. This is regardless of the protected characteristics of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation as well as marriage and civil