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Add Height and Weight as Protected Characteristics to The Equality Act

Submitted on Monday 14th January 2019

Published on Monday 21st January 2019

Current status: Closed

Closed: Sunday 21st July 2019

Signatures: 15

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Law ~ NHS ~ UK

Petition Action

Add Height and Weight as Protected Characteristics to The Equality Act

Petition Details

Height and weight discrimination are not even implemented under The Equality Act 2010, which is meant to be a law for everyone so that it "legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider societyā€¯, Gov.uk.

Additional Information

Important protected characteristics such as age, race and sexual orientation, (all things that cannot be controlled), are included yet height and weight, (some medical conditions mean weight cannot be controlled, such as an underactive thyroid and Cushing's syndrome, NHS.uk), are ignored by our government. Is it fair that only some members of society are legally protected from being discriminated against?


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