"Key messages:
- The Equality Act 2010 applies to everyone who provides a service to the public, whether or not a charge is made for that service. It covers statutory, private, voluntary and community sector organisations.
- Everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. The Equality Act 2010 prohibits discrimination on named grounds. These are called ‘protected characteristics’.
- The relevant protected characteristics are age, disability, gender re-assignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
- Discrimination on grounds of age when accessing goods and services is not currently protected. It is expected to be protected from April 2012.
- The Equality Act 2010 also applies to employment. People who use direct payments will need separate advice to ensure that unlawful discrimination does not occur when they employ personal assistants or other staff.
- The Equality Act 2010 prohibits not only direct discrimination but also indirect discrimination, harassment or victimisation.
- The Equality Act 2010 requires public bodies and those carrying out public functions to have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between people from different equality groups. This is called the public sector equality duty."
(In the post above, I have noted my findings for further use, all information is from the link at the top of this page.)
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