1. Equality Act 2010 Coming into force 1 st Oct 2010 (C) Copyright Asian Youth Alliance (AYA) / Mobeen Butt

2. Equality Act 2010 Brings together The Equal Pay Act 1970 The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 The Race Relations Act 1976 The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 The Employment Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulations 2003 The Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 The Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007

3. Equality Act 2010 Defines the characteristics of nine protected groups: Age Disability Race Religion and belief Gender Sexual orientation Gender reassignment Marriage and civil partnership Pregnancy and maternity

4. Equality Act 2010 Now includes protection for Direct, Indirect, Associated and Third person discrimination Direct - eg less favourable treatment, harassment, bullying Indirect - eg requiring employee to be 6ft tall (women), cannot wear headwear (Sikh) Associated or ‘transferred discrimination’ - eg being a carer or in a mixed race/multi-cultural marriage/partnership Third person – eg cannot work in an environment where direct discrimination is occurring

5. Equality Act 2010 More info: http://equalities.gov.uk/equality_bill.aspx http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/legal-and-policy/equality-act/ Third Sector Service Providers - http://equalities.gov.uk/pdf/401727_GEO_EqualityLaw_Community_acc3.pdf Easy Read - http://www.dorsetrec.org.uk/F_Docs/GEO_Equality_Act_-_Easy_Read.pdf