Creating a fairer Britain The Equality Act came into force on 1
October 2010. Some of the information on this page may be out of
date. Everyone has the right to be treated fairly at work and to
be free of discrimination on grounds of age, race, gender,
transgender status, disability, sexual orientation, religion or
belief. The law protects you from unequal treatment in
employment on any of these grounds regardless of whether you are
a full- or part-time employee, in a temporary job, or if you are
a freelance or agency worker.If you think you have been treated
less favourably than others at work you may be able to take a
discrimination case against the employer at an employment
tribunal. It is outside the remit of the Equality and Human
Rights Commission to provide information on employment rights
where there is no connection with age, disability, race,
religion and belief, sexual orientation, gender, transgender
status or human rights. You may have additional rights related
to pay, holidays, dismissal, union