Harassment and Third-Party Harassment
Associative Discrimination
Indirect Discrimination
Victimisation
Perceptive Discrimination
Direct Discrimination
“Unwanted conduct related to a relevant protected characteristic.” In addition, employers can be legally liable for the harassing conduct of third parties. A third party would include a client, customer, supplier, visitor, contractor, service user etc.
This happens when an individual is singled out because they have used the system to make a complaint or challenge treatment received.
“Less favourable treatment because of someone else’s protected characteristic.”
“Discrimination against an individual because of a perception that he or she has a protected characteristic when he or she does not, in fact, have that protected characteristic.”
“This happens when a requirement is applied equally to everyone but has the effect of excluding one group of people more than another”
“Person A directly discriminates against Person B when A treats B less favourably than A would treats or would treat others in the same circumstances”
