What does the Equality Act 2010 protect you from?
What is the Equality Act? The Equality Act is a law which protects you from discrimination. It means that discrimination or unfair treatment on the basis of certain personal characteristics, such as age, is now against the law in almost all cases.
What is exempt from FOI?
An absolute exemption means there is no obligation under the FOIA to release the requested information (although there may be other reasons outside the act to do so). A qualified exemption means that the public authority has to assess the balance of the public interest for and against disclosure.
What duties does the NHS have under the Equality Act 2010?
Public organisations including NHS Trusts are subject to the general duty and must have due regard to the need to: eliminate unlawful; discrimination, harassment and victimisation. advance equality of opportunity between people who share a relevant protected characteristic and people who do not share it.
What is the Equality Act 2010 in simple terms?
The Equality Act 2010 legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society. It replaced previous anti-discrimination laws with a single Act, making the law easier to understand and strengthening protection in some situations.
Can you refuse an FOI?
You can refuse requests if they are repeated, whether or not they are also vexatious. You can normally refuse to comply with a request if it is identical or substantially similar to one you previously complied with from the same requester.
What are the 9 protected characteristics NHS?
The Equality Act 2010 sets out nine protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
What are the 9 protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010 UK?
Protected characteristics These are age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
What is the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010?
Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010 An Act to facilitate the disclosure, in the public interest, of information about wrongdoing in the public sector and to provide protection for those who make disclosures Chapter 1 Preliminary Part 1 Introduction 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010. 2 Commencement
When does the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Act 2019 come into force?
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 43F of the Employment Rights Act 1996 ( 1 ): 1. This Order may be cited as the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Order 2019 and comes into force on 5th November 2019.
What is a qualifying disclosure under the Act?
For a disclosure to be protected by the Act’s provisions it must relate to matters that “qualify” for protection under the Act. Qualifying disclosures are disclosures which the worker reasonably believes tends to show that one or more of the following matters is either happening now, took place in the past, or is likely to happen in the future:
Who can make a disclosure under the Charities Act?
The Act makes special provision for disclosures to “prescribed persons”. The Charity Commission is the regulatory body to whom workers can make appropriate disclosures on matters relating to ‘the proper administration of charities and funds given, or held, for charitable purposes’.