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Level 5 Diploma in Law

Equality Act 2010: protected characteristics, direct and indirect discrimination, harassment and victimisation

LAW504 · Employment Law — Week 4 of 16

CourseLAW504
Week4 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Equality Act 2010: protected characteristics, direct and indirect discrimination, harassment and victimisation

  1. The types of protected characteristics and discrimination arising from the Equality Act 2010

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Analyse the types of protected characteristics and discrimination arising from the Equality Act 2010.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the types of protected characteristics and discrimination arising from the Equality Act 2010.

Study materials

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Course plan
  • Week 1: Development, sources and institutions of employment law
  • Week 2: Forming the contract of employment: express and implied ter…
  • Week 3: Unfair, automatically unfair, constructive and wrongful dis…
  • Week 4: Equality Act 2010: protected characteristics, direct and in…
  • Week 5: Equal pay, the equality clause, equal value and defences
  • Week 6: Enforcing discrimination law: tribunal procedure, time limi…
  • Week 7: When redundancy arises
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Consequences of redundancy: redundancy pay, alternative emp…
  • Week 10: Flexible working rights
  • Week 11: The gig economy and zero-hour contracts; recent and future …
  • Week 12: Applying Employment Law in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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