Employers face tougher rules on discrimination

Employers will under be banned from operating pay secrecy clauses and find it harder to ask questions about disability or health during recruitment under the Equality Act 2010. New powers for employment tribunals are also introduced. In future the employment tribunal will be able to tell firms their recommendations should apply to workers even if the employee who complained has left the business. The new law also clarifies current discrimination rules concerning sex, disability, sexual orientation religion, race, belief or age. The Equality Act 2010 aims to offer people greater protection against unfair treatment in the workplace, according to the government. Ninety per cent of the act is introduced on 1 October with the government yet to finalise areas including dual discrimination and prohibition on age discrimination in services and public functions. For a full guide to the act simply click on the PDF below