The Equalities Act 2010

Written By Layide Akin-Fadeni

The Equality Act 2010 protects people from discrimination on the basis of nine protected characteristics.

Protected characteristics (s.4):

  • Age

  • Disability

  • Gender reassignment

  • Marriage and civil partnership

  • Pregnancy and maternity

  • Race

  • Religion or belief

  • Sex

  • Sexual orientation

Prohibited conduct:

  • Discrimination

  • Direct discrimination

  • Combined discrimination: dual characteristics

  • Discrimination arising from disability

  • Gender reassignment discrimination

  • Pregnancy and maternity discrimination

  • Indirect discrimination

Adjustments for disabled persons:

  • Duty to make adjustments

  • Failure to comply with duty

  • Regulations

Discrimination: supplementary:

  • Comparison by reference to circumstances

  • Irrelevance of alleged discriminator’s characteristics

  • Reference to particular strands of discrimination

Other prohibited conduct:

  • Harassment

  • Victimisation

Layide Akin-Fadeni
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