Legislation is a law that has been put in place by the governing body in order to regulate or restrict. There are a range of legislations put in place to help promote diversity, rights and equality within society and in organisations. Such as the following:
Data Protection Act, 1998
The information heel in a health and social care sector can ruin lives of individuals so it is important that all data is confidential information is protected. All organisations holding personal data has to abide by this act. This act also helps the health care professionals by guiding them on how to keep information private and what type of information is allowed to be passed on to other professionals so that the service users’ needs can be met and their health is not at risk. It is also vital that all information is being passed onto the right member of staff within the workplace so that the service user does not feel like they cannot trust the service because of their confidentiality being breached …show more content…
the sex discrimination at helps to promote anti-discriminatory practice by ensuring that all men and women are paid equally no matter what job they are in and also they are both treated equally. This act also supports civil partnerships. This act is very important because id it was not put in place men and women would be underprivileged to certain