Discrimination by association and by perception Introduction For direct discrimination and harassment – and perhaps beyond, see below Associative discrimination may cover additional ...
Disability: Discrimination by association For direct discrimination and harassment, it need not be the claimant who has the disability under the Equality Act. Summary Discrimination ...
Pregnancy and maternity under Equality Act 2010 Summary Equality Act protection for pregnancy discrimination is wide. For example, it is not an excuse that the woman was taken on to tempor...
Harassment in the EqA Summary This page deals with harassment under s.26(1) Equality Act 2010, which applies to most protected characteristics. Two other types o...
Perceived disability discrimination case The Court of Appeal has upheld EAT and tribunal decisions that direct discrimination because the employer perceived the claimant to have a d...
Perceived disability For direct discrimination and harassment, it seems the claimant need not actually have a disability as defined in the Equality Act (EqA), bu...
Discrimination based on fear of future disability Diana Kloss looks at discrimination based on a fear that a job applicant may develop a disability in the future, in the light of the EAT dec...
Sexual orientation and the EqA Protected characteristic under EqA Sexual orientation is defined in s.12(1) EqA. It means a person’s sexual orientation to persons of the sa...
Equality Act 2010: five years on The Equality Act (EqA) is now more than five years old. Most of it took effect on 1st October 2010. It is a good time therefore to look fair...
