159 Positive action: recruitment and promotion
Equality Act 2010 (2010 c 15) | Legislation

159  Positive action: recruitment and promotion

(1)     This section applies if a person (P) reasonably thinks that—

(a)     persons who share a protected characteristic suffer a disadvantage connected to the characteristic, or

(b)     participation in an activity by persons who share a protected characteristic is disproportionately low.

(2)     Part 5 (work) does not prohibit P from taking action within subsection (3) with the aim of enabling or encouraging persons who share the protected characteristic to—

(a)     overcome

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