Equality Act 2010

Legislation that protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society. Legislation that requires public bodies to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, harassment, and victimisation, and to advance equality of opportunity. Legislation in the UK that protects people from discrimination on the basis of certain characteristics. Legislation that legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society, consolidating previous anti-discrimination laws. Legislation that protects people from discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics. This is a UK-wide Act of Parliament that consolidates and modernizes anti-discrimination law and outlines public sector equality duties. UK legislation that protects people from discrimination on the basis of certain characteristics.