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The Equality Act is coming

Posted by Maggie Berry 12 August 2010 Careers |  Miscellaneous |  Politics Do you know when the Equality Act is coming into force? Do you know how discrimination laws are changing? If not, then you’d better swot up! October will see the majority of the Equality Act coming into force, with the remaining provisions coming in April of next year – and there are pretty big changes. But why is this important?

Well, for organisations it’s vital that staff are up to date with this new employment law, because the alternative is being faced with some expensive lawsuits. The Government Equalities Office predicts that allowing combined discrimination (for example claiming discrimination based on both age and race) will result in a 10% increase in claims – and that is only one of the many changes!

For everyone else it’s important to know your rights in case you should ever face any kind of discrimination that you could claim against – although we hope that doesn’t happen.

We have put together a white paper with the help of internationally recognised law firm Kingsley Napley, to tell you a bit about all the upcoming changes, so please have a read to make sure you’re fully up to date! You can download your free copy here. We hope you find it useful!
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