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Blog
Published: 07 Feb 2019
Our Chair David Isaac explores the lessons we can learn from LGBT history.
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 13 Feb 2019
Advice for advisers on discrimination at work.
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Blog
Published: 11 Feb 2019
What are we doing to help people who have experienced discrimination get justice?
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News
Published: 07 Mar 2019
Police Scotland have signed an agreement with us committing to take all reasonable steps to prevent sex discrimination against female officers who request flexible working.
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Our inquiry looked at whether legal aid enables people who raise a discrimination complaint in England and Wales to get justice.
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 21 Feb 2019
What is sex discrimination? We explain its definition, areas covered and what constitutes discrimination.
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
The Equality Act became law in 2010. It covers everyone in Britain and protects people from discrimination, harassment and/or victimisation.
The information on the Your Rights pages is here to help you understand if you have been treated unlawfully.
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Multipage Guide
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
We explain the choices and options you have available to you if you feel you are being discriminated against using examples and further sources of advice.
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Multipage Guide
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
We explain the choices and options you have available to you if you feel you are being discriminated against using examples and further sources of advice.
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Multipage Guide
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
Employers have a responsibility to ensure that their employee is not victimised as a result of raising a complaint. We explain how to monitor the outcome of a complaint.
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Multipage Guide
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
Before you can decide if you have a valid discrimination claim, you need to gather some information from your employer.
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Multipage Guide
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
Key points are: where claims are brought, time limits for bringing a claim, the standard and burden of proof and what the Employment Tribunal can order your employer to do.
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Multipage Guide
Last updated: 15 Jul 2019
You can find out more about how to bring an Employment Tribunal case against your employer from the Employment Tribunal itself.
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Multipage Guide
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
Focusing on the equality law we provide good practice tips for avoiding and dealing with claims about discrimination at work and how to deal with a complaint from a worker.
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Multipage Guide
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
If a worker complains to you, you have two ways of dealing with the situation.
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Multipage Guide
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
As employers you have a responsibility to ensure that your employees are not victimised as a result of raising a complaint.
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Multipage Guide
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
Workers who think they that they may have experienced unlawful discrimination should seek relevant information from you before issuing a formal claim.
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Multipage Guide
Last updated: 21 Feb 2019
Key points are: where claims are brought, time limits for bringing a claim, the standard and burden of proof and what the Employment Tribunal can order your employer to do.
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 11 Apr 2016
In this section you can find out more about your rights under Equality Act 2010 and how it protects different characteristics.
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publication download
First Published: 01 Jul 2010
In the UK, international human rights conventions, such as CEDAW and its supplementary treaty, the Optional Protocol, can seem far removed from the daily realities of women’s and girls’ lives, especially as we have a range of domestic measures in place to promote and enforce equality between women and men. However, as women’s rights advocates in other countries have already shown, international conventions like CEDAW can offer very useful and practical tools for challenging discrimination against women and gender inequality.
