Discrimination at work

The Equality Act 2010 gives protection to disabled people from discrimination in a number of different areas, including employment and recruitment.

HIV is considered to be a disability for the purposes of the Equality Act from the time of diagnosis.

This protection now in place makes it illegal for employers to discriminate directly or indirectly on grounds of disability. This regulation applies from the time an employee (or prospective employee) applies for a job, through to their employment (by regulating the terms and conditions of employment), to an employee’s promotion. It also covers any selection for redundancy.

Find out more on our Equality Act page.

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on 8/9/2011 by A. Macbeth

Date due for the next review: 8/3/2012

Content Author: E. Cotton

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More information:

Equality Act 2010, Government Equalities Office (2010)

Equality Act 2010, legislation.gov.uk (2010)

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Problem with this is once you have ticked that you have a disability, most forms proceed to ask what that disability is, so most of the time one tends not to declare that they are disabled under the act, hence not getting the full protection of the law.
Posted 16:49 Fri 11 Mar 2011 by Chamu