Legislation
The Equal Status Acts 2000 and 2004
The Equal Status Acts 2000 and 2004
prohibit discrimination across the
same nine grounds. They also prohibit
sexual harassment and harassment,
and they require reasonable
accommodation of people with
disabilities.
The Acts apply to people who buy and
sell goods, use or provide services,
obtain or dispose of accommodation,
attend at or are in charge of
educational establishments.
A person selling goods or providing
services, a person selling or letting
accommodation or providing
accommodation, educational
institutions and clubs must do all that
is reasonable to accommodate the
needs of a person with a disability
The Employment Equality Acts 1998 and 2004
The Employment Equality Acts 1998 and 2004 prohibit discrimination in employment across nine grounds. The Acts apply to full-time, part-time and temporary employees in both the public and private sectors. The nine grounds are:
- Gender
- Marital Status
- Family Status
- Sexual Orientation
- Religion
- Age
- Disability
- Race
- Traveller Community
An employer is obliged to take appropriate measures (including the adaptation of premises and equipment, patterns of working time, distribution of tasks or the provision of training or integration services) to enable a person who has a disability,
- to have access to employment
- to participate or advance in employment
- to undertake training unless the measures would impose a disproportionate burden on the employer.
The Disability Act 2005
The Disability Act 2005 is designed to advance and underpin participation by people with disabilities in everyday life. It establishes a statutory basis for mainstreaming. Mainstreaming places an obligation on public service providers to support access to services and facilities for people with disabilities as well as other citizens, to the greatest practicable extent, but depending on resources available.