Equal Opportunities Legislation Worksheet for use with powerpoint

1 What role does the HRM department have with regard to legislation

2 What is the pay gap between men and women in the UK?

3 Why was the Equal Pay Act introduced in 1970?

4 What does the Sex Discrimination Act ensure? (detailed answer please)

5 What does the Race Relations Act ensure?

6 What does the Disability Discrimination Act ensure?

7 What new law will protect older workers and what protection will they have under the new law?

8 What exemptions are there to discrimination legislation?

9 List the employees rights under the Employment Rights Act 1996

10 Which laws are being broken? (see the last 3 slides of the presentation)1.

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