167.4 The key concepts of the Act—prohibited conduct

| Commentary

The Equality Act 2010 goes on to set out what conduct is prohibited, that is, direct discrimination, discrimination arising from disability, indirect discrimination, harassment and victimisation1.

Direct discrimination occurs2 where the reason for a person being treated less favourably than another is one or a combination of two3 of the protected characteristics listed in Paragraph

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