• Complying with the Equality Act 2010 by providing equal opportunities in employment and avoiding unlawful discrimination in employment and customer service, • Ensuring that all our employees The Equality Act 2010 legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society. It replaced previous anti-discrimination laws with a single Act, making the law easier to Everyone in Britain is protected. This is because the Equality Act protects people against discrimination because of the protected characteristics that we all have. Under the Equality Act, there are nine protected characteristics: age. disability. gender reassignment. marriage and civil partnership. pregnancy and maternity. race. An understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion will give you a better appreciation of your colleagues, residents and communities. This will benefit you and the council in a number of ways, for example: working relationships will be more positive. teams will be more productive and performance will increase. Local and national policies are based on the legislative framework and are the actions and principles used to adhere to and promote the law. Your employer may have organisational policies that relate to equality, diversity and discrimination documented as agreed ways of working. 1. 1) DOCUMENT CONTROL PAGE Title: Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Scheme Title Version: 1 (20.04.10) Ref Number: SET 0002 - 2010 Supersedes Supersedes: Race, Disability and Gender Equality Schemes Significant Changes: To meet the legislative requirements of the Trust's and revised process for embedding, monitoring and surpassing compliance of Equality, Diversity and Human Rights The four improvement modules of the Equality Framework for Local Government 1. Understanding and working with your communities. Local authorities aim to base their policies, procedures and other actions on sound evidence and research around the needs of their communities. This principle should also apply to their work to promote equality and Equality and Non-discrimination. Non-discrimination and equality are core elements of the international human rights normative framework. Article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) states that every human being is entitled to all rights and freedoms "without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or The main pieces of legislation which apply to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are the Equality Act 2010 and The Human Rights Act 1998. Some of the older laws such as the Disability Discrimination Act can still be relevant, although generally the Equality Act includes and updates most of the older legislation. You can find more details about the Equality Act here. What equality law means for you as an employer: dismissal, redundancy, retirement and after a worker has left. Good equality practice for employers: equality policies, equality training and monitoring. Pre-employment health questions: Guidance for employers on Section 60 of the Equality Act 2010. Religion or belief in the workplace: A guide for