This document summarizes the UK Equality Act of 2010. It established protected characteristics including age, disability, gender, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation. Public authorities and those exercising public functions must eliminate discrimination based on protected characteristics, advance equality of opportunity, and foster good relations between people. They must also remove or minimize disadvantages for people with protected characteristics. The Equality Act permits treating some groups better to comply with its duties, but does not allow conduct otherwise prohibited in the act, such as breaching non-discrimination rules. It compares the UK's Equality Act to laws in the USA regarding protected characteristics and focus areas.

1. N A I K E G O D E L E T G A S A N A
Equality Policy

2. History
 This policy was made in 2010
 Made new laws about how different people should be
treated
 Equality Act

3. Equality Act 2010
 The relevant protected characteristics are:
 Age
 Disability
 Gender reassignment
 Pregnancy and maternity
 Race
 Religion or belief
 Sex
 Sexual orientation

4.  A public authority must
 Eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimization, and
any other conduct prohibited by this Act.
 Advance equality of opportunity between persons who have
th same characteristics or not.
 Foster good relations between people who share the same
characteristics or not.

5.  A person who is not a public authority but that
exercises public functions must also follow the
functions stated.
 Having due regard to the need to
 Remove or minimize disadvantages suffered by people who
are different .
 Take steps to meet the needs of people who share a relevant
characteristic different from others.
 Encourage people to participate in activities that doesn’t
involve people that are similar.

6.  Take steps involved in meeting the needs of
disabled people who are different from people who
are not disabled.
 Having due regard to the need to foster good
relations between people who are the same or
different involves the need to:
 Tackle prejudice
 Promote understanding

7.  Compliance with the duties in this section may
involve treating some people better than others,
but that is not to be taken as permitting conduct
that would otherwise be prohibited by or under
this act.
 A reference to conduct that is prohibited here
includes:
 A breach of an equality clause or rule
 A breach of a non=discrimination rule

8. UK vs USA
 In the USA Equality Act age, race, disability, religion or belief
are not mentioned.
 Mostly oriented towards sex, sexual identity and sexual
orientation.
 UK talk more about work, and USA talk more about public
places.

9. Works Cited
 https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-
congress/house-bill/3185
 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/secti
on/149
 https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/equality