Protected Characteristic
The Equality Act 2010 protects against discrimination, harassment and victimisation on the grounds of:
- age
- disability
- gender reassignment
- marriage and civil partnership
- pregnancy and maternity
- race
- religion or belief
- sex
- sexual orientation
The Fairer Scotland Duty 2018 establishes a duty for particular public bodies in Scotland to actively consider how they can reduce inequalities of outcome caused by socioeconomic
disadvantage. Whilst socio-economic duty is not defined as a protected characteristic under the Equality Act, and the Fairer Scotland Duty does not apply to the Church of Scotland, we recognise addressing poverty as a key intersection of wider EDI work.