What equality law means - Birmingham Disability Resource Centre

meeting and to receive written reasons for any refusal.
The substantive right to be allowed to work flexibly for
care reasons applies more widely to workers and is
covered by indirect sex discrimination law under the
Equality Act.
same employment
service complaint
service provider
sex
sexual harassment
sexual orientation
single-sex facilities
stakeholders
substantial
An equal pay concept (see equal work). Generally,
women and men can compare their pay and other
conditions with those employed by the same or an
associated employer.
Where the discrimination occurred while the worker was
serving as a member of the armed forces, an
employment tribunal cannot decide the claim unless the
worker has made a service complaint about the matter
which has not been withdrawn.
Someone (including an organisation) who provides
services, goods or facilities to the general public or a
section of it.
This is a protected characteristic. It refers to whether a
person is a man or a woman (of any age).
Any conduct of a sexual nature that is unwanted by the
recipient, including verbal, non-verbal and physical
behaviour, and which violates the victim's dignity or
creates an intimidating, hostile, degrading or offensive
environment for them.
Whether a person's sexual attraction is towards their
own sex, the opposite sex or to both sexes.
Facilities which are only available to men or to
women, the provision of which may be lawful under
the Equality Act.
People with an interest in a subject or issue who are
likely to be affected by any decision relating to it and/or
have responsibilities relating to it.
This word tends to come up most in connection with the
definition of disability and the duty to make reasonable
adjustments for disabled workers. The Equality Act says
only that ‘substantial’ means more than minor or trivial.
This means that disabled workers do not need to be put
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