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|Type=UK Public General Act | |||
|Year=2010 | |||
|Number=15 | |||
|Subject=Miscellaneous legislation | |||
|Summary=The Equality Bill 2008-09 to 2009-10 received Royal Assent on 8/4/10. Most of its provisions came into force on 1/10/10. The Parliament website states: "The Bill will harmonise and in some cases extend existing discrimination law covering the 'protected characteristics' of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. It will address the impact of recent case law which is generally seen as having weakened discrimination protection, and harmonise provisions defining indirect discrimination." | |||
|Detail===Official summary== | |||
A Bill to Make provision to require Ministers of the Crown and others when making strategic decisions about the exercise of their functions to have regard to the desirability of reducing socio-economic inequalities; to reform and harmonise equality law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to discrimination and harassment related to certain personal characteristics; to enable certain employers to be required to publish information about the differences in pay between male and female employees; to prohibit victimisation in certain circumstances; to require the exercise of certain functions to be with regard to the need to eliminate discrimination and other prohibited conduct; to enable duties to be imposed in relation to the exercise of public procurement functions; to increase equality of opportunity; and for connected purposes. | |||
|External links=* [https://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2010/10/01/equality-act-comes-into-force-today-but-socialism-clause-looks-doomed/ UK Human Rights Blog: Equality Act in force today, but ‘socialism’ clause looks doomed] - 1/10/10 - Useful article and links | |||
* [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/381 The Bill] | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:53, 8 April 2021
The Equality Bill 2008-09 to 2009-10 received Royal Assent on 8/4/10. Most of its provisions came into force on 1/10/10. The Parliament website states: "The Bill will harmonise and in some cases extend existing discrimination law covering the 'protected characteristics' of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. It will address the impact of recent case law which is generally seen as having weakened discrimination protection, and harmonise provisions defining indirect discrimination."
Official summary
A Bill to Make provision to require Ministers of the Crown and others when making strategic decisions about the exercise of their functions to have regard to the desirability of reducing socio-economic inequalities; to reform and harmonise equality law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to discrimination and harassment related to certain personal characteristics; to enable certain employers to be required to publish information about the differences in pay between male and female employees; to prohibit victimisation in certain circumstances; to require the exercise of certain functions to be with regard to the need to eliminate discrimination and other prohibited conduct; to enable duties to be imposed in relation to the exercise of public procurement functions; to increase equality of opportunity; and for connected purposes.
External links
- UK Human Rights Blog: Equality Act in force today, but ‘socialism’ clause looks doomed - 1/10/10 - Useful article and links
Full text: Legislation.gov.uk
Type: UK Public General Act🔍
Year: 2010🔍
Number: 15
Subject: Miscellaneous legislation🔍
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