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→Gender Equality duty 2007
The law deals with disadvantage to both genders generated by work patterns adopted by employers. Women are disadvantaged by systems that take no account of caring responsibilities, different patterns of working life, or greater vulnerability to domestic violence and sexual assault. Men are disadvantaged when workplaces do not recognize their family or childcare responsibilities or when family support services assume they are less involved in parenting, or when health services do not take into account their different needs. For example, research shows that men are less likely to visit their GP, and so may progress further into diseases such as lung cancer before being diagnosed.
The law deals with disadvantage to both genders generated by work patterns adopted by employers. Women are disadvantaged by systems that take no account of caring responsibilities, different patterns of working life, or greater vulnerability to domestic violence and sexual assault. Men are disadvantaged when workplaces do not recognize their family or childcare responsibilities or when family support services assume they are less involved in parenting, or when health services do not take into account their different needs. For example, research shows that men are less likely to visit their GP, and so may progress further into diseases such as lung cancer before being diagnosed.
The Gender Equality Duty also applies to transsexual men and women in terms of employment and training. The European Directive on equal treatment protects them from discrimination and harassment after the end of 2007.
The Gender Equality Duty also applies to [[transsexual]] men and women in terms of employment and training. The European Directive on equal treatment protects them from discrimination and harassment after the end of 2007.
To comply with UK law, all public bodies, and private or voluntary sector bodies who carry out public functions, must:
To comply with UK law, all public bodies, and private or voluntary sector bodies who carry out public functions, must: