Submitted on Monday 14th January 2019
Published on Monday 21st January 2019
Current status: Closed
Closed: Sunday 21st July 2019
Signatures: 15
Add Height and Weight as Protected Characteristics to The Equality Act
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 society”, Gov.uk.
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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