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Treated differently at work because of who you are?

Let's find out if that's discrimination under the law, and what you can do about it.

Discrimination can be blatant or so subtle you spend weeks wondering if you're overreacting. This page helps you name what's happened, understand which protected ground it falls under, and find out what your options are.

Questions people ask about workplace discrimination

Being treated less favourably than others because of a protected attribute, age, disability, race, sex, pregnancy, religion, or caring responsibilities among others, rather than your actual ability to do the job. It can be a single decision or a pattern over time.

Generally you don't need to prove your employer intended to discriminate, what matters is the effect: whether you were treated less favourably because of the attribute. That said, the specific test can vary depending on which law and which ground applies.

That's genuinely common, and it doesn't need to be neatly one or the other. Describe everything that's happened, we'll help you understand which grounds apply and whether they overlap.

They can overlap. Discrimination is about being treated less favourably because of who you are; harassment is specific unwelcome conduct (sometimes tied to a protected attribute); bullying is a repeated pattern more generally. If you're not sure which fits, just describe what happened.

Tell us what's happened

Whichever ground applies, or if you're not sure, we'll help you work it out.

Tell us what happened

Takes about two minutes. No long intake form, the detail comes later, once a real adviser is involved.

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