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GCSE Business · key term
Unfair treatment because of a characteristic such as age, disability, race, sex or religion.
Used by Edexcel and OCR
Specification 1.5.3 · Paper 1
Revise: Legislation and BusinessEmployment law governs how businesses treat workers. Its purpose includes preventing exploitation and discrimination in recruitment, pay and working conditions.
Paper 1
Unlawful treatment of a job applicant or worker because of a protected characteristic, such as sex, race, religion or disability.
Revise: Impact of Employment LegislationDiscrimination involves unlawful treatment because of a protected characteristic. Examples of protected characteristics include age, sex, race, religion, disability and sexual orientation. The Equality Act 2010 protects both job applicants and people already working for a business.
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