The Equality and Human Rights Commission

Our sponsor department is the Government Equalities Office (GEO). They have a board of Commissioners who steer the Commission's work and direction.

The commission's website includes information on:

Equal Rights:

• your rights under the Equality Act 2010
• age discrimination
• disability discrimination
• gender reassignment discrimination
• marriage and civil partnership discrimination
• pregnancy and maternity discrimination
• race discrimination
• religion or belief discrimination
• sex discrimination
• sexual orientation discrimination

Human Rights:

• changes to the human rights framework
• what are human rights?
• human rights guidance
• using your Human Rights
• human rights and equality in the voluntary sector
• protecting vulnerable people at risk of violence
• our international commitments
• service Users' Rights

Guidance for service users:

• education
• housing
• transport and travel
• delivering services and the law
• adjustments for disabled people
• dealing with discrimination
• further sources of information for service users

In Employment Rights:

• guidance for workers
• dealing with discrimination
• work place adjustments