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Equality Act. 2010. Public Sector Equality Duty (April 2011). eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation advance equality of opportunity foster good relations remove or minimise disadvantages take steps to meet the needs of persons
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Equality Act 2010
Public Sector Equality Duty (April 2011) • eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation • advance equality of opportunity • foster good relations • remove or minimise disadvantages • take steps to meet the needs of persons • encourage persons who share a relevant protected characteristic to participate in public life or in any other activity in which participation by such persons is disproportionately low • tackle prejudice, and promote understanding
158 Positive action • suffer a disadvantage connected to the characteristic: overcome or minimise that disadvantage; • needs that are different from the needs of persons who do not share it: meeting those needs; • participation in an activity is disproportionately low:enabling or encouraging persons to participate in that activity.