The Equality Act

One of the most important aspects to the legislation will be the ‘Single Equality Duty’. There are already three separate duties on public bodies to tackle discrimination and promote equality on the basis of Gender, Race and Disability. The new Equality Duty will finally bring all of these together, and expand the law to cover Sexuality, Gender Reassignment, Age, Religion and Belief. This single duty will be easier to understand for employers, and fairer for employees.

There are also other sections of the law which will benefit particularly individuals or minority groups. Please click on the links below to find out how the Equality Bill could help you.

What will the bill mean for…

• LGBT Equality

• Gender Equality

• Disability Equality

• Racial Equality

• Age Equality