• About the TUC
• Economic Issues
• Workplace Issues
  • Basic Rights at Work
    • A - Categories of Workers
    • B - Employment Status
    • C - Your Basic Rights
      • 01 - Health and Safety
      • 02 - Protection from discrimination
      • 03 - National Minimum Wage
      • 04 - Deductions from pay
      • 05 - Holidays
      • 06 - Working time
      • 07 - Right to join a trade union
      • 08 - Right to be accompanied
    • D - Enforcing your workplace rights
    • E - An Introduction to the Enforcement Agencies
    • F - Join a union
  • Employment Rights
  • Green Workplaces
  • Health and Safety
  • Learning and Training
  • Volunteering
  • Work Life Balance
• Industrial Issues
• Equality Issues
• Social Issues
• Union Issues
• International Issues

Protection from discrimination

All workers, including those who are self-employed, have the right not to be discriminated against at work because of your sex, race, marital status, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, age, religion or belief.

For more information on equality rights please go to the Equality and Human Rights Commission website: http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/advice-and-guidance/guidance-for-workers/