Discrimination

Below are our 8 articles in the 'discrimination' category:

How Age Discrimination Can Affect You, And your Rights
Age discrimination legislation has been driven by the rapid changes in demographics and the resulting economic burden. More people are living longer and requiring medical care while they do so and ...
Race Discrimination
Legislation to outlaw racial discrimination has been with us for forty years but the real change came in with the Race Relations Act of 1976. This made discrimination in the workplace illegal, which ...
Religion or Belief Discrimination
In recent years anti-discrimination legislation has been widened to include poorly treating or, indeed, favouring, a person on the grounds of their religion or belief, regardless of what those ...
Sex and Sexuality Discrimination
Sex discrimination in the workplace has been illegal since 1975 when the Sex Discrimination Act came into force. Many people see this only in the context of giving men and women equal rights to apply ...
Taking Action
In this article we look at the steps you can take if you believe you are being discriminated against. Areas of discrimination that are covered in their own articles in this section are: race sex and ...
The Rights Of The Disabled And Disability Discrimination At Work
The rights of the disabled to fair and equitable treatment in the workplace are now as firmly established in law as any other form of discrimination if not in practice. The essence of the disability ...
What Might be Next?
As anti-discrimination legislation and regulations increase, and employers complain of mounting red tape and procedures, we examine the front-runners in the race to become the next facet of humanity ...
Your Rights Regarding Bullying In The Workplace
Although there aren’t any regulations or laws in the United Kingdom to defned workers' rights that explicitly outlaw bullying in the workplace it has received a great deal of attention over the last ...

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