In 2019 workplace diversity is often associated with the most successful businesses.
Workforce diversity acknowledges the reality that people differ in many ways, visible or
invisible, mainly:
Age,
Gender,
Marital status,
Social status,
Disability,
Sexual orientation,
Religion,
Personality,
Ethnicity and
Culture.
However, discrimination was once common in the UK:
Over time in the UK discrimination issues have been subject to Acts of Parliament:
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This was the minimum businesses had to do to promote equality and diversity at that time.
In 2010 one Act of Parliament brought all anti discrimination law together.