Where did the legislation originate? ◦ The Equality Act came into force on 1 October 2010. ◦ It brings together over 116 separate pieces of legislation into one single act. ◦ It provides Britain with a discrimination law which protects individuals from unfair treatment and promotes a fair and more equal society. https://outlearn.training/

1. Equality Act 2010
Discrimination & Your Rights

2. Lesson Plan- Equality Act 2010
Introduction
Slide presentation.- notes /slides handouts
Activity- Paddy Power advertisement
Question/ answers
Recap of the session

3. Where did the legislation originate?
◦ The Equality Act came into
force on 1 October 2010.
◦ It brings together over 116
separate pieces of legislation
into one single act.
◦ It provides Britain with a
discrimination law which
protects individuals from
unfair treatment and promotes
a fair and more equal society.
◦

4. The nine main pieces of legislation that have
merged are:
◦ the Sex Discrimination Act 1975
◦ the Race Relations Act 1976
◦ the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
◦ the Employment Equality (Religion or
Belief) Regulations 2003
◦ the Employment Equality (Sexual
Orientation) Regulations 2003
◦ the Employment Equality (Age)
Regulations 2006
◦ the Equality Act 2006, Part 2
◦ the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation)
Regulations 2007

5. Types of discrimination.
Direct discrimination
◦ Lists the physical and personal
characteristics which are protected
by law and explains that you are not
allowed to be treated differently
from other people because of those
characteristics.
Indirect discrimination
◦ Explains what is meant by indirect
discrimination, when a practice,
policy, or rule applied to everyone
puts certain groups of people at a
disadvantage.

6. The Equality Act 2010 protects you from
discrimination by:
◦ employers
◦ businesses and organisations which provide
goods or services like banks, shops and
utility companies
◦ health and care providers like hospitals and
care homes
◦ someone you rent or buy a property from
like housing associations and estate agents
◦ schools, colleges and other education
providers
◦ transport services like buses, trains and
taxis
◦ public bodies like government departments
and local authorities.

7. The protected characteristics are:
◦ age
◦ disability
◦ gender reassignment
◦ marriage or civil partnership (in
employment only)
◦ pregnancy and maternity
◦ race
◦ religion or belief
◦ Gender/sex
◦ sexual orientation

8. Race discrimination is when you’re treated
unfairly because of one of the following things:
◦colour
◦nationality
◦ethnic origin
◦national origin.

9. What’s a racial group?
◦ People who share the same colour, nationality
or ethnic or national origins are part of the
same racial group.
◦ You can be part of several racial groups.
What’s an ethnic group
◦ The law says an ethnic group is a group who share the
same history and cultural traditions. In addition, the
group may share one or more of the following things:
◦ the same language
◦ the same religion
◦ the same literature
◦ the same geographical origin
◦ being an oppressed group
◦ being a minority.

10. Future developments in the Equality Act
Examples are:
◦ duty to make reasonable adjustments to
common parts of leasehold and
commonhold premises and common
parts in Scotland
◦ provisions relating to auxiliary aids in
schools
◦ diversity reporting by political parties
Examples are:
◦ diversity reporting by political parties
◦ provisions about taxi accessibility
◦ prohibition on age discrimination in
services and public functions
◦ civil partnerships on religious premises

11. Question 1
Is this
discrimination?
Y/N
and Why?

12. Question 2
Is this
discrimination?
Y/N
and Why?

13. Question 3
Is this
discrimination?
Y/N
and Why?

14. Question 4
Is this
discrimination?
Y/N
and Why?

15. Question 5
Is this
discrimination?
Y/N
and Why?

16. Plenary- recap of the session
◦ Where the legislation originated
◦ List the nine main pieces of legislation that have
merged
◦ Overview of direct and Indirect
◦ Who must abide by the legislation
◦ Listed the protected characteristics
◦ Overview of:
◦ what a racial group is
◦ what an ethnic group is
And
Future developments

17. Thank you for attending
Diversity Champions
Facilitator:
Ashley Middleton
◦ WWW Viewed 22/01/2020
◦ https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-
courts/discrimination/
◦ https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en