Overview

This course will give you a background to the development of the Equality Act 2010. It will examine who it affects and what it does. It will cover the duties of public bodies and how they can ensure fairness in the workplace. How to increase diversity in the workplace is covered as is the new protection for carers and women breast-feeding. The course also covers the subject of inclusive design and the evacuation of disabled people in the event of an emergency.

The course covers the following topics:

• Course objectives
• Background to Equality Act 2010
• What has been done to ensure fairness
• What is equality
• Why was the Equality Act needed
• Disabled
• Who does it affect?
• Public bodies
• Treating people from different groups fairly
• The Equality Duty
• Civil Partnerships held in religious buildings
• Equal pay and equality information
• Using positive action to increase diversity
• Positive action in elections
• Extra powers for employment tribunals
• New protection for carers
• Clear law for breastfeeding
• Equality in clubs
• Reasonable adjustments
• Treating disabled people poorly
• What is a disability?
• What has changed with the Equality Act 2010
• What is direct discrimination?
• What is discrimination arising from disability
• What is indirect discrimination
• What reasonable changes do you have to make?
• What has changed?
• Harrassment?
• Planning for the evacuation of disabled
• Legal overview
• Management
• Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans
• The communication process
• Individual plans
• Standard plans
• Evacuation options
• Consultation
• Assisted evacuation
• Ramp access
• Co-ordination
• Practising evacuations
• Evacuation chairs
• Carry down in own wheelchair
• Carry down in office chair
• Evacuation mats
• Hearing impaired
• Flashing beacon
• Vibrating pad
• Visual impaired and blind people
• Orientation information
• Guide dog assistance
• Fire action notices
• Tactile maps
• Changes to layout of building
• Writing a plan with a visually impaired person

Duration: 2 hours Cost £30