Discrimination

Discrimination in United Kingdom

Definition of Discrimination

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Discrimination :

Treating one or more members of a specified group unfairly as compared with other people. Discrimination may be illegal on the ground of sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability, or nationality.

See also disabled person; human rights act; positive discrimination; racial discrimination; sex discriminatio

Discrimination in the Context of Equality Law

The meaning of Discrimination, published by the Equality and Diversity Forum (a United Kindom network of equality and human rights organisations), is the following: Discrimination means less favourable treatment because of someone’s protected characteristics (including where a person is wrongly assumed to have a particular characteristic or is treated as if they do). Discrimination can be direct or indirect. Indirect discrimination is when a provision, criterion or practice is applied in a way that creates disadvantage for a person with a protected characteristic as compared to those who do not share that characteristic. Indirect discrimination can be justified if it can be shown that the rule, policy or practice is intended to meet a legitimate objective in a fair, balanced and reasonable way.

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See Also

  • Equality Law
  • Equality Act
  • Equality Legislation
  • Human Rights

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