Enigmas of the Equality Act 2010—“Three uneasy pieces”

Pat Feast; James Hand

doi:10.1080/23311886.2015.1123085

Enigmas of the Equality Act 2010—“Three uneasy pieces”

Pat Feast, James Hand

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Abstract

The Equality Act 2010 was designed to simplify as well as unify British discrimination law. While there has been some significant unification, there are a
number of areas where it has fallen short with regard to simplification, indeed it has introduced or cemented complexity and confusion. This article examines three such areas concerning two of the protected characteristics (pregnancy/maternity and gender reassignment) and one of the claims (victimisation) within the Equality Act 2010.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Journal	Cogent Social Sciences
Volume	1
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2015.1123085
Publication status	Published - 31 Dec 2015

Keywords

discrimination
Equality Act 2010
victimisation
gender reassignment
pregnancy/maternity discrimination

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