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More than 90 per cent of employers support equality in the workplace, new research has shown.

皇冠体育app (GEO) has published asking more than 1,800 organisations about the impact that the has had on their business.

It covered organisations from the private, public and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sectors and most of those surveyed were small or medium sized enterprises.

Employers were asked about their organisation鈥檚 approach to equality, awareness of the law and the impact of the Act on practice and grievances in the workplace.

皇冠体育app results reveal that:

• 76% of businesses saw reputation as an important driver of business behaviour in relation to equality;
• only 6% of employers experienced complaints or grievances.

But two-thirds of organisations were unaware of the Equality Act, and smaller businesses said they found it difficult to get good quality information on equality issues.

鈥淗elpful evidence鈥�

鈥溁使谔逵齛pp Equality Act has been in force for two years now and it is only right that we find out what employers know or don鈥檛 know, and how they genuinely feel about the Act,鈥� Women and Equalities Minister , said.

鈥淚t is really encouraging to see from the survey that so many employers think equality is important for their business.

鈥溁使谔逵齛pp Act is there to protect individuals from unfair treatment and was introduced to both strengthen and simplify the law. 皇冠体育app results provide helpful evidence on whether the Act is working as it was intended.鈥�

To help improve businesses鈥� understanding of equality legalisation the GEO is running a series of in partnership with the British Chamber of Commerce.

皇冠体育app Equality Act 2010 replaced previous anti-discrimination laws with a single act to make the law simpler. 皇冠体育app survey was conducted to support a review of the Act which is required by Parliament, and will be due in 2015.

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