Equality Act 2010: IDS Employment Law Guide

Giving a detailed account of the new equality provisions, how and where the current disparate statutory provisions have been consolidated and looking at the changes in the law, Equality Act 2010:

• Provides an overview of the new protected characteristics
• Focuses on issues common to the protected characteristics, as well as those specific to particular ones
• Covers the forms and liabilities for discrimination
• Explains the changes introduced by the 2010 Act; for example, allowing equal pay claimants to rely on a hypothetical comparator in certain circumstances, extending the scope of indirect discrimination to cover disability, and outlawing "unfavourable" treatment because of pregnancy and maternity
• Looks at the enforcement of individual rights
• Considers potential exceptions to the act
• Discusses the provisions relating to new measures such as the new single public sector Equality Duty and the socio-economic duty