Public sector equality duty

New and updated

• Sex discrimination

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Ali v Capita; Leicestershire Police v Hextall, in which the Court of Appeal dismissed direct and indirect discrimination claims relating to shared parental pay.

• Disability discrimination

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Owen v Amec Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd and another, in which the EAT considered if the withdrawal of an offer of an overseas posting amounted to disability discrimination.

• Race discrimination

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Furlong v Chief Constable of Cheshire Police, in which the tribunal considered if the police force had lawfully applied the positive action measures in the Equality Act 2010.

• Marriage and civil partnership discrimination

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Furlong v Chief Constable of Cheshire Police, in which the tribunal considered if the police force had lawfully applied the positive action measures in the Equality Act 2010.

• Sexual orientation discrimination

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Furlong v Chief Constable of Cheshire Police, in which the tribunal considered if the police force had lawfully applied the positive action measures in the Equality Act 2010.

• Religion or belief discrimination

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Furlong v Chief Constable of Cheshire Police, in which the tribunal considered if the police force had lawfully applied the positive action measures in the Equality Act 2010.

• Age discrimination

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Furlong v Chief Constable of Cheshire Police, in which the tribunal considered if the police force had lawfully applied the positive action measures in the Equality Act 2010.

• Gender reassignment discrimination

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Furlong v Chief Constable of Cheshire Police, in which the tribunal considered if the police force had lawfully applied the positive action measures in the Equality Act 2010.

• Pregnancy and maternity discrimination

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust v Jackson and others, in which the EAT considered if administrative failures in a redundancy process during maternity leave amounted to discrimination.

• What is the general public sector equality duty under the Equality Act 2010?

  Type:

  FAQs