UK & EU Legislation The Equality Act 2010 The Equality Act came into force in October 2010 and was set up in order to legally protect people from discrimination in the workplace and outer society. The Equality Act replaced all of the anti-discrimination laws such as Sex Discrimination Act 1975‚ Equal Pay Act 1970‚ Race Relations Act 1976 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 with one law covering them all. The Act protects employees from being discriminated against in the work place and mainly
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Equality Act 2010 The Equality Act 2010 is a piece of legislation passed in October 2010. This Act replaces a number of previous legislations concerned with discrimination including the Sex Discrimination Acts of 1975 and 1986‚ the Race Relations Act 1976 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. The consolidation of many Acts has been implemented in order to streamline the legislation and make it simpler and more consistent. The Act relates to nine characteristics that it is unlawful to
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1.0 INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND The Equality Act 2010 is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which makes provisions and sets the requirements for strategic decision makings by Ministers of the Crown and others. These provisions govern the exercise of functions of the Ministers of the Crown with regards to: • The desirability of reducing socio-economic inequalities • Reforming and harmonising equality law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to discrimination and harassment
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addition‚ parents should locate neighborhoods that have open playgrounds or backyards which give children and youth opens spaces for engaging in physical activities like street football and basketball. Healthy Kids Community Challenge Ontario
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To begin‚ I’ve never had cancer‚ but cancer has impacted my life in a huge way. Cancer Free Kids is a non profit organization‚ that raises money through many different large projects for Pediatric Cancer Research. Cancer Free Kids has held 97 projects raising over 3 million dollars for Pediatric Cancer Research. I got involved with Cancer Free Kids during a project held every year for the past 4 years called Night 4 The Fight. We raised 200‚000 dollars that night alone. Growing up you learn about
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1.1 THE EQUALITY ACT 2010 The Equality Act 2010 is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which makes provisions and sets the requirements for strategic decision makings by Ministers of the Crown and others. These provisions govern the exercise of functions of the Ministers of the Crown with regards to: • The desirability of reducing socio-economic inequalities • Reforming and harmonising equality law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to discrimination and certain personal
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The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act or Right to Education Act (RTE)‚ which was passed by the on 4 August 2009‚ describes the modalities of the importance of free and compulsory education for children between 6 and 14 in under Article 21A of the . India became one of 135 countries to make of every child when the act came into force on 1 April 2010. History Present Act has its history in the drafting of the Indian constitution at the time of Independence[5] but are more
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The Equality Act 2010 was created to bring together 116 separate pieces of legislation into one single Act. This makes it easier to manage. This Act provides a legal framework (guidelines) to protect the rights of individuals and advance equality or opportunity for all. It is unlawful to not follow these guidelines. It protects everybody. The Equality Act 2010 promotes anti-discriminatory practice by making sure all people are treated equal and are given the rights and opportunities they deserve
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Seneyda Soler Professor Lilly Topics in Labor Laws April 1‚ 2013 The Epmloyee Free Choice Act has been a hot topic within the past few years. It has been pushed through congress several times‚ with hopes to change the way unions get organized. Within the next few pages‚ this paper will describe what a union is and how it is started‚ what the Employee Free Choice Act entails‚ how it will change our system‚ and the arguements for and against passing this bill. The EFCA is a system that
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Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Affordable Care Act) Passage of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 by Congress‚ followed by it’s signing by President Obama on March 30‚ 2010‚ completes a massive overhaul of the nation’s health insurance and health delivery systems. The Reconciliation Act amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010‚ which President Obama signed on March 23. Combined‚ the two new laws include more than $400 billion in
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