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| Name: | Equality Act 2010 (c. 15). |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s): | Equality of opportunity and treatment |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 2010-04-08 |
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| ISN: | GBR-2010-L-88238 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=88238&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Legislation on-line  legislation.gov.uk, National Archives, United Kingdom PDF (consulted on 2011-10-21) |
| Abstract/Citation: | An Act to make provision to require Ministers of the Crown and others when making strategic decisions about the exercise of their functions to have regard to the desirability of reducing socio-economic inequalities; to reform and harmonise equality law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to discrimination and harassment related to certain personal characteristics; to enable certain employers to be required to publish information about the differences in pay between male and female employees; to prohibit victimisation in certain circumstances; to require the exercise of certain functions to be with regard to the need to eliminate discrimination and other prohibited conduct; to enable duties to be imposed in relation to the exercise of public procurement functions; to increase equality of opportunity; to amend the law relating to rights and responsibilities in family relationships; and for connected purposes. |
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