What are the 9 grounds of the Employment Equality Act?

It is one that respects, values and accommodates diversity across all nine grounds in the equality legislation – gender, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race and membership of the Traveller community.

What is the purpose of the 9 protected characteristics?

These are just a handful of examples of age discrimination in the workplace and for more information on how to spot it, manage it, and prevent it, read our Age Discrimination Support Guide. This protected characteristic aims to prevent discrimination against an employee based on their gender.

How do you remember the 9 protected characteristics?

GRASP D MRS: Gender Race Age Sex Pregnant Disability Married Religion Sexual-orientation This is what I used to learn it.

How many protected characteristics are in the Equality Act 2010?

nine protected characteristics
There are nine protected characteristics in the Equality Act. Discrimination which happens because of one or more of these characteristics is unlawful under the Act. We all have some of these characteristics – for example, sex or age – so the Act protects everyone from discrimination.

How many protected characteristics are there?

What are the 6 types of discrimination?

Types of Discrimination

  • Age Discrimination.
  • Disability Discrimination.
  • Sexual Orientation.
  • Status as a Parent.
  • Religious Discrimination.
  • National Origin.
  • Pregnancy.
  • Sexual Harassment.

What does the protected characteristics mean?

In the Equality Act 2010, nine characteristics were identified as ‘protected characteristics’. These are the characteristics where evidence shows there is still significant discrimination in employment, provision of goods and services and access to services such as education and health.

What are the key points of the Equality Act 2010?

The Act makes it unlawful to discriminate against someone on the grounds of any of these characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion/belief, sex (gender) and sexual orientation. These are often referred to as protected characteristics.

How many protected characteristics are there under the Equality Act?