Employers have a duty to ensure their hiring practices are free from discrimination. UK law prohibits discrimination based on certain protected characteristics such as age, disability, marriage and ...

Since the passing of the Equality Act 2010 landlords and letting agents in the UK have been legally prohibited from discriminating against potential tenants based on the protected characteristics ...

Ministers have proposed a ban in the Employment Rights Bill on harassment by third parties.

Age No preference can be given to someone based solely on their age unless there is a specific reason for doing so, eg being old enough to hold a driving licence for a job that involves driving.

Age No preference can be given to someone based solely on their age unless there is a specific reason for doing so, eg being old enough to hold a driving licence for a job that involves driving.

Under the Equality Act 2010, the existing protected characteristics in law are age, disability ... leavers face in their day to day lives, the UK should be the first country in the world to ...

The Equality Act 2010 prevents employers from discriminating against people because of certain protected characteristics. At the moment, these include things like disability, religion and sexual ...

A year on, the Act has helped reporting of hate crime against elderly and disabled people in Scotland and there has been no ...