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Reasonable Adjustments at Work and The Equality Act 2010

The Equality Act 2010 provides legal protection for people's protected characteristics under UK law. This legislation applies at work, in education and ...

The Equality Act for Educational Professionals: A simple guide to disa

Under the Equality Act (2010), all schools and service providers have a legal obligation to make provision for disabled pupils, staff and school users. If you ...

Should “class” be protected under equality law? - Farrer & Co

These include race, sex, gender reassignment, disability, religion or belief, age and sexual orientation, but not your socio-economic status.

Guide to Disability Rights Laws | ADA.gov

For example, it prohibits discrimination in recruitment, hiring, promotions, training, pay, social activities, and other privileges of employment. It restricts ...

Overriding expectations - GMC

1. What does reasonable mean? · You can treat disabled people better or 'more favourably' than non-disabled people and sometimes this may be part of the solution ...

Equality Act 2010 in higher education - Safeguarding Association

The Equality Act 2010 serves as a fundamental component in fostering a fair and equitable environment within higher education institutions.

Disability rights in education - ECNI

If you have been treated unfairly on disability grounds, this may be unlawful discrimination. Disability is defined as: “a physical or mental impairment which ...

Telling people you're disabled: clear and easy guide for students

The Equality Act says that places of education and employers must make things good and fair for disabled people. This means giving them the right support and ...

The Equality Act 2010 - RNID

The Act puts legal responsibilities on employers, service providers, those who carry out public functions, private clubs, educational bodies, ...

The Equality Act Is Needed to Advance Health Equity for Lesbian ...

A large body of research has attributed LGBT health disparities to “minority stress,” which is defined as the additional stressors that LGBT people experience ...

Equality Act 2010 - Legislation.gov.uk

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 ...

Accessible information and communication discrimination guide

The Equality Act 2010 requires that providers of services, big or small, take steps to ensure you get information in a format that is good for you.

EQD0110 - Evidence on Equality Act 2010 and Disability

Lack of definition of what is meant by equality for and inclusion of disabled students in mainstream education, exclusion and segregation in education is not ...

Disability, the Equality Act and the SEND Review

The duties cover discrimination in the provision of services and the provision of education, including admissions and exclusions. All providers ...

Advancing equality in education and beyond | Australian Human ...

To achieve this, education providers are under a positive obligation to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate the needs of students with a disability. An ...

Equality Act in schools - Stammeringlaw - Disability discrimination

Schools are obliged by the Equality Act 2010 not to discriminate against disabled pupils, or against those seeking admission.

Disabled Children and the Equality Act 2010:

The Department for Education (DfE) consulted on further changes to schools' ... law means for you as an education provider - schools vii. Department for ...

What Equality Law Means for You as an Education Provider in Wales

These guides will support the introduction of the Equality Act 2010. This Act brings together lots of different equality laws, many of which we have had for a ...

Sex in the Equality Act - Sex Matters

6. Single-sex further and higher education institutions should be allowed ... Schedule 12 of the Equality Act provides a simple exception for sex ...

The Equality Act | USCCB

The Equality Act purports to protect people experiencing same-sex attraction or gender discordance from unjust discrimination.