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Everyone has the right to be treated fairly at work and to be free of discrimination on grounds of age, race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
The law protects you from unequal treatment in employment on any of these grounds regardless of whether you are a full- or part-time employee, in a temporary job, or if you are a freelance or agency worker.
If you think you have been treated less favourably than others at work you may be able to take a discrimination case against the employer at an employment tribunal.
This section includes information on how the law protects you from unfair treatment in:
• job recruitment and advertising
• pay and benefits
• terms and conditions at work
• appraisals, promotion and training
• dismissal, redundancy and retirement.
There is also information on the steps you need to take in bringing a discrimination case and where to go for help and advice.
Find out more about the different areas of equality that are protected by anti-discrimination
Find out more about employers’ responsibilities under the law.
It is outside the remit of the Equality and Human Rights Commission to provide information on employment rights where there is no connection with age, disability, race, religion and belief, sexual orientation, gender or human rights.
You may have additional rights related to pay, holidays, dismissal, union membership and health and safety arrangements, for example, depending on your employment status, length of service, contractual arrangements and other factors.
You can get advice on these rights from employment lawyers, legal advice centres, trade unions, the citizens’ advice bureau, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, and Directgov.