Equality Act 2010 A Guide to the New Law

This invaluable legislation guide offers coverage of the new Act that will transform the landscape of equality and discrimination law.

Written by a team of leading barristers from Littleton Chambers, this comprehensive book examines the Act's provisions including:

• provisions on age and disability discrimination
• strengthening of employment tribunals' powers
• integrated equality duty on public bodies
• the protection of people from dual discrimination, i.e. direct discrimination because of a combination of two protected characteristics
• the use of public procurement to improve equality
• banning age discrimination outside the workplace
• the requirement to publish gender pay audits
• protection of carers from discrimination
• clarifying the protection for breastfeeding mothers
• banning discrimination in private members' clubs strengthening protection from discrimination for disabled people.

The book provides expert commentary on the provisions and includes the text of the Act itself.