Equality Duty

The Equality Act 2010 brought together existing laws in one place and the general equality duty from this has three main aims:

• to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and other conduct prohibited by the Act;
• to advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not;
• to foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. The protected characteristics cover age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex and sexual orientation.