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The Government Equalities Office and Citizens Advice have created a document explaining how the Equality Act 2010 affects unpaid carers.
Discrimination may be direct or indirect. The protected characteristics are:
- Age
- Disability
- Gender reassignment
- Marriage and civil partnership
- Pregnancy and maternity
- Race
- Religion or belief
- Sex
- Sexual orientation
Carers are protected from discrimination or harassment through their association with the person they care for, if this person has a protected characteristic, such as being older or disabled.
In this section:
- The Carer’s Leave Act 2023
- Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023
- Other workplace support
- The Carers (Scotland) Act 2016
- The National Carers Strategy (Scotland)
- The Equality Act 2010
- Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003
- Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002
- Carer (Recognition and Services) Act 1995
