Discrimination

About discrimination

• Equality Act 2010 - discrimination and your rights
• Equality Advisory Support Service discrimination helpline

Are you protected from discrimination?

• Age
• Sex
• Sexual orientation
• Gender reassignment
• Race
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What are the different types of discrimination?

• Direct discrimination
• Indirect discrimination
• Comparators in direct discrimination cases
• Justifying discrimination
• Pregnancy and maternity discrimination
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Taking action about discrimination

• Before you take action about discrimination
• Getting information about your discrimination case
• Taking legal action about discrimination
• Time limits for taking legal action
• What do you need to show the court?
• Check what you can do about harassment

Discrimination because of disability

• Disability discrimination and debt problems
• What counts as disability discrimination

Discrimination because of race, religion or belief

• Discrimination because of race
• Discrimination because of religion or belief

Discrimination because of sex or sexual orientation

• Discrimination because of sex
• Discrimination because of sexual orientation

Hate crime

• Check if you’ve experienced a hate crime or hate incident
• Get help if you’ve experienced a hate crime or hate incident
• Reporting a hate crime or hate incident to the police

Public sector equality duty

• What's the PSED?
• Who must comply with the PSED?
• Must public authorities always comply with the PSED?
• When can you use the PSED?
• Taking action
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