Positive Action and the Equality Act 2010
As with earlier legislation, the Equality Act allows employers and others to take positive action if they believe that employees or job applicants who share certain protected characteristics are experiencing a disadvantage which is linked to that characteristic or are not participating sufficiently in a particular activity. The provisions are contained principally in Part 11 which deals with the advancement of equality and are to be found in sections 158 and 159.
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The Lawyers Defence Group is operated by Richard Nelson LLP, a Limited Liability Partnership regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and whose partnership number is OC357136 and Murdochs Solicitors, who are also regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, and whose SRA number is 52683.
Please note that all advice, guidance, representation and assistance, legal or otherwise, is provided either by those firms or by appropriate referral to other suitably qualified persons.
No advice, guidance, assistance, representation or other support is provided by or in the name of the Lawyers Defence Group.
For further details please refer to the terms and conditions for use of this web site and to the terms and conditions of the firms involved.
The professional rules governing our lawyers can be found at rules.sra.org.uk
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