| 1 | Discrimination and harassment: a quick guide A quick guide to the law on unlawful discrimination in employment (including direct and indirect discrimination, harassment and victimisation), why it is important, and key pitfalls to avoid. This is one of a series of quick guides, see Quick guides. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Discrimination under the Equality Act 2010: toolkit Most of the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 came into force on 1 October 2010. This toolkit contains links to the PLC materials concerning discrimination, harassment and victimisation under the Act. For information on discrimination law before the Equality Act 2010, see Pre-October 2010 discrimination law: toolkit. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Equal pay: overview This practice note provides an overview of the law relating to equal pay under the Equality Act 2010 and Equal Pay Act 1970, with reference where appropriate to Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (formerly Article 141 of the EC treaty). It sets out the different elements of an equal pay claim: who is eligible to claim, with whom they may compare their terms, what they must prove, and what defences the employer may have. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | Equal pay: comparators This note concerns the identification of potential comparators in equal pay claims under the Equality Act 2010 and Equal Pay Act 1970. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | Equal pay: equal value claims and procedure This note provides a guide to the practice and procedure relating to equal value claims brought under the Equal Pay Act 1970 and Equality Act 2010, as set out in the Employment Tribunals (Equal Value) Rules of Procedure. It does not cover the basics of how equal pay law works - who may bring a claim, what they need to prove, or the defences available to an employer. For information on this, see Practice note, Equal pay: overview. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Equal pay: the material factor defence This note deals with the material factor defence in equal pay claims under the Equality Act 2010 and Equal Pay Act 1970, which allows an employer to pay an employee less than a comparator of the opposite sex performing equal work, provided it is for a non-discriminatory reason. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Equality Act 2010: employment implications This note provides background to the Equality Act 2010 and brief analysis of the Act's key employment-related provisions. It is no longer maintained. PLC Employment has now published a suite of more detailed, maintained practice notes on the Act, which can be accessed via A toolkit: discrimination under the Equality Act 2010. | Practice notes | 30-Sep-2010 |
| 8 | Equality and Human Rights Commission This note details the duties, powers and constitution of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Pensions and discrimination claims This practice note considers the various types of discrimination claims that affect occupational pension schemes. It examines sex discrimination issues, including in relation to GMP equalisation, part-time worker claims and the recent Test-Achats judgment, as well as issues in relation to discrimination because of age, employment status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability and religion or belief. | Practice notes | Maintained |