Equality and Human Rights Commission

Your rights

You will be pleased to discover that although legal information may seem tricky to get to grips with, the law in this case is quite simple to understand.

• There is a set of regulations that can protect you from being treated unfairly from day one in employment or from any aspect of your training or post school education.
• The law is there to protect you from unfair treatment whether it takes place in: careers advice, vocational training, further or higher education, recruitment, employment and pay.
• You are protected from discrimination due to your gender or transgender status, age, disability, race, religion or belief, and sexual orientation.
• It is not unusual to suffer discrimination for more than one reason, for example, your sex and your race.

Rights in more detail

You can find out more about your rights on a specific strand by selecting one of the links below:

• Gender
• Age
• Sexual orientation
• Race
• Disability
• Transgender
• Religion and belief

Research shows that only 7% of young people experiencing problems in post-school education, training and employment knew that they could access services to help them. Shockingly, 73% have tried to obtain advice, failed and ended up having to handle their problems alone.

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