The Race Relations Act 1976 makes it unlawful to discriminate on grounds of race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), and national or ethnic origin. The Act covers employment, education, training, housing, and the provision of goods, facilities and services.

So, in 1968, a new Race Relations Act law made it illegal for someone to be refused housing, a job or access to services (like a mortgage) because of their ethnic background.

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The Race Relations Act 1968 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom making it illegal to refuse housing, employment, or public services to a person on the grounds of colour, race, ethnic or national origins in Great Britain (although not in Northern Ireland, which had its own parliament at the time).

The Equality Act 2010 calls this indirect discrimination….Something can be indirect discrimination if it has a worse effect on you because of your:

1. age.
2. disability.
3. gender reassignment.
4. marriage or civil partnership.
5. pregnancy and maternity.
6. race.
7. religion or belief.
8. sex.

The characteristics that are protected by the Equality Act 2010 are:

• age.
• disability.
• gender reassignment.
• marriage or civil partnership (in employment only)
• pregnancy and maternity.
• race.
• religion or belief.
• sex.

The Equality Act is a law which protects you from discrimination. It means that discrimination or unfair treatment on the basis of certain personal characteristics, such as age, is now against the law in almost all cases. Age.

The Equality Act covers the same groups that were protected by existing equality legislation – age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy and maternity. These are now called `protected characteristics´.

These are age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

During the 116th Congress, It passed the United States House of Representatives on May 17, 2019 in a bipartisan 236–173 vote. However, the United States Senate did not act upon the bill after receiving it; even if they had, President Trump signaled that he would have vetoed it.

We welcome our general duty under the Equality Act 2010 to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination; to advance equality of opportunity; and to foster good relations.

Anti-discriminatory practice is fundamental to the ethical basis of care provision and critical to the protection of people’s dignity. The Equality Act protects those receiving care and the workers that provide it from being treated unfairly because of any characteristics that are protected under the legislation.

The Equality Act became law in 2010. It covers everyone in Britain and protects people from discrimination, harassment and victimisation. The information on the your rights pages is here to help you understand if you have been treated unlawfully.

Discrimination. In discrimination cases, where there has been a breach of the Equality Act 2010 by the employer, the two most important categories are injury to feelings and loss of earnings. Unlike unfair dismissal, there is no limit on the amount of compensation that can be awarded in discrimination cases.

The Equality Act 2010 protects you against discrimination in the workplace at all stages of employment. This includes recruitment, employment terms and conditions, training, pay and benefits, promotion and transfer opportunities, dismissal or redundancy.