Available guidance on the Equality Act 2010

On 6 April 2011, the Employment and Human Rights Commission issued a Code of Practice on Employment (the EHRC Code) which can be downloaded from the EHRC website. Tribunals must take the Code into account when making their decisions.

The government Equalities Office has also produced various guides under the heading: “Equality Act 2010: What do I need to know?”, outlining key changes to the law.

Many unions have issued their own guidance for reps, and the TUC has published a Guide to Equality Law 2011, available from its website, as well as a separate toolkit on the public sector equality duty.