Our equality duty
Public sector equality duty
The public sector equality duty is a duty on public authorities established by the Equality Act 2010. It obliges public authorities to consider about how their policies affect those groups defined as having a protected characteristic as well as actively promote equality and conclusion.
The public sector equality duty can be considered in 2 parts:
- General duties: This requires us to show due regard when exercising our functions to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment, and victimisation, advance equality of opportunity, and foster good relations between people who share protected characteristics and those who do not.
- Specific duties: This obliges us to publish equality objectives every 4 years and develop an action plan on how these objectives are to be achieved. Additionally, we have to publish equality information annually. This includes our workforce profile.