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The purpose of the Amendment Regulations 2023 is to reproduce in the Equality Act 2010 (EqA) certain interpretive effects of retained EU law which provide protection against discrimination, and which would otherwise have ceased to apply from the end of 2023 because of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023. The changes relate to:

The UK Government has announced a series of amendments to the Equality Act 2010, that will come into force on 1 January 2024. The UK's post-Brexit 'REUL' Act will effectively remove certain EU-derived protections. The Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 is designed to ensure retention of certain discrimination provisions that would otherwise disappear from UK

The Government has released a draft version of legislation which seeks to modify the Equality Act 2010 and is due to be in force from 1 January 2024. The Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 solidify specific discrimination protections derived from EU law which would have otherwise ceased to apply at the end of the year (due to Brexit).

Current version of Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 with latest news, sponsors, and progress through Houses

A spokesperson for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said: “The government has brought forward the Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023.We welcome enshrining these vital protections from EU law into our domestic legislation.

Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 SI 2023, laid on 7 November 2023. Full wording of the instrument Draft affirmative procedure. Details; Timeline - Draft affirmative ... Details for Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 Skip to main content. Statutory Instruments UK Parliament; Business; Legislation; Statutory Instruments ...

Introduction. Having received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023, the Worker Protection (Amendment of the Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 (“2023 Amendment”) comes into force on 26 October 2024. The purpose of the 2023 Amendment is to impose a new statutory duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent the sexual harassment of their employees during the course of their employment.

On 7th November 2023, the government introduced the draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 to Parliament. The purpose of the Regulations is to carry across aspects of retained EU law into domestic law to ensure that the same level of protection is offered once the EU-based equality laws cease to apply at the end of the year.

The Equality Act has now been amended to protect certain rights against discrimination which derive from EU Law, so they are not lost by the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023. The Regulations amend the Equality Act 2010 to achieve this purpose. The amendments are specifically in relation to the following:

From October 2024 when the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 comes into force, employers will be required to comply with a new duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their employees. Under the Act, an employment tribunal will have the power to increase compensation by up to 25% if it finds that ...

They amend the Equality Act 2010 to ensure that current rights continue once the interpretive effects of EU law on the United Kingdom’s statute book have been removed, at the end of 2023, by the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28). ... The Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023. Made. 19th December 2023.

The Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 in force from 1 January 2024 ... Act 2023, would otherwise cease to apply in the UK after the end of 2023. This means that, in the areas covered ...

The Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (the Regulations) have been published and are intended to reproduce in UK law a number of equality protections that had previously been protected under EU case law. We look at a few of the key changes: ... Under the Equality Act 2010 (the Act), discrimination by association occurs where a ...

The Equality Act (“EqA”) 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (“the Regulations”) will amend the EqA 2010 to protect certain rights against discrimination derived from EU law, so they are not lost by the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.

130. The EA 2010 operates to protect both individuals and groups of people who share a protected characteristic from unlawful discrimination. It has been amended from time to time since its enactment, most recently by the Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/1425) (which inserted section 19A referred to below).

House and Senate Democrats on Tuesday reintroduced the Equality Act, a landmark civil rights bill that would make sexual orientation and gender identity protected classes. The measure, which …

The Equality Act has now been amended to protect certain rights against discrimination which derive from EU Law, so they are not lost by the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023. The Regulations amend the Equality Act 2010 to achieve this purpose. The amendments are specifically in relation to the following:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, as leaders in the U.S. House and Senate are set to reintroduce the Equality Act — historic federal legislation that would ensure comprehensive nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people everywhere — a coalition of civil rights organizations urgently calls for the legislation’s swift passage.

The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 amends the Equality Act 2010 to introduce a new duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their employees. This was amended from the original Bill as it passed through the House of Lords, from having the employer take “all reasonable steps” to ...