Section 159 of the Equality Act 2010 [EA] provides that an employer can appoint or promote a person from an under-represented group if the job applicants are equally qualified. Please note that this controversial section of the EA will not come into force on 1 October 2010.
[Please see Positive action law will come into force in April 2011]
Also s.14 of the EA [Combined discrimination: dual characteristics] will not come into force on 1 October 2010.
Source: Article 2 of the Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No. 4, Savings, Consequential, Transitional, Transitory and Incidental Provisions and Revocation) Order 2010 [SI 2010/2317].
Further information about the sections of the EA that will come into force on 1 October 2010 is available at Trotman's Employment Law Alerts.
Note: The Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No. 4, Savings, Consequential, Transitional, Transitory and Incidental Provisions and Revocation) Order 2010 (Amendment) Order 2010 [SI 2010/2337] was published on 27 September 2010.
2 comments:
Hi Tony
Do you know if or when these sections will come into force?
Hello Ruth
I don't know but I'm working on it. No one at the GEO or EHRC seems to know.
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