Pros And Cons Of Equality Act 2010

The Equality Act 2010 was created to bring together 116 separate pieces of legislation into one single Act. This makes it easier to manage. This Act provides a legal framework (guidelines) to protect the rights of individuals and advance equality or opportunity for all. It is unlawful to not follow these guidelines. It protects everybody. The Equality Act 2010 promotes anti-discriminatory practice by making sure all people are treated equal and are given the rights and opportunities they deserve. The aim of this Act is to put together previous laws and to protect people with protected characteristics from being discriminated against. It also protects people that are associated with people with protected characteristics. The four Acts that come under this legislation are the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, The Disability Discrimination Act 2005, The Age Discrimination Act 2006 and Race Relations Act 2000.

The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 was created as women gained more rights and opportunities but still faced discrimination. This Act was created to help them into employment and make them equal to men. This Act makes it unlawful to discriminate against men and women on the grounds of sex or marital status. It protects men, women, people who have undergone gender reassignment, those who are married, in a civil
This Act makes it unlawful to discriminate, harass of unfairly treat anyone based on their age. It protects everyone. The Age Discrimination Act 2006 promotes anti-discriminatory practice by protecting people of all ages from being discriminated against on the grounds of age. An example of this Act in practice in health and social care is within any setting. If someone is applying for a job, the short list board will not see how old the person is so cannot make their judgement based on that. They will also not see their sex, sexuality, race, if their disabled