The Equality Act 2010 is a legislation in the United Kingdom that legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society. It replaced previous anti-discrimination laws with a single Act, making the law easier to understand and strengthening protection in some situations. The Act includes provisions that ban age discrimination against adults in the provision of services and public functions. It sets out the different ways in which it's unlawful to treat someone, including direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, and victimization in various areas such as services, work, education, associations, and transport
. The Act broadly defines sex discrimination to include sexual orientation and gender identity, and it prohibits discrimination based on various grounds such as sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and intersex status in a wide variety of areas including public accommodations, facilities, education, and more
