... Sex Discrimination Act, the 1976 Race Relations Act which outlaws discrimination based on someone's colour, race, nationality or ethnic origin. The 1970 Equal Pay Act ensures the same wage is paid for similar jobs; it has now been amended to cover work of equal value. Finally there is the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act which is quite limited on the rights it provides disabled workers. These laws are in place to ensure a safe, comfortable working environment as well as ensure that people are hired and fired fairly and not on discriminatory grounds. Therefore equal opportunity laws effect all aspects of human resource management in an organisation, recruitment, training, dismissal and day to day staff interaction. When it comes to recruitment of new staff, organisations have to be equality aware with every aspect. Job adverts and descriptions are carefully written to be without prejudice so that no groups are exempt from applying. ...

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