Equality Act 2010 and Duties

Equality Act 2010 and Duties

The Equality Act 2010 aims to simplify, strengthen and harmonise previous legislation. To do this, it introduced the following protected characteristics:

• Age.
• Disability.
• Gender Reassignment.
• Marriage and Civil Partnership.
• Pregnancy and Maternity.
• Race.
• Religion or Belief.
• Sex.
• Sexual Orientation.

The Act places both a Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) and specific duties on a number of public authorities, including us. More information can be found here:

• Equality Act 2010 Summary of Duties.

Publications

• Gender Pay Gap Report 2026.
• Equality Outcome Framework 2025 - 2029.
• Equality Mainstreaming 2025.
• Pay Gap Report 2025.
• Equality Outcome Progress Report 2025.
• Equality Progress Report 2024.
• Pay Gap Progress Report 2024.
• Equality Outcomes 2023.
• Gender Pay Gap Report 2023.
• Equality Mainstreaming Report 2023.
• Equality Outcomes 2021.
• Progress in Achieving Equality Outcomes 2021.
• Equal Pay Statement and Information 2021.
• Equality Mainstreaming Report 2021.

Equalities information

Collecting and monitoring equality information received from applicants, students and staff can benefit both individuals and us as a College. The Act also requires us to “consider relevant evidence relating to persons who share the protected characteristics”. In addition, we are required to “take steps to gather information” on the composition, recruitment, development, and retention of our staff. As a result, collecting equality information supports our duties around:

• Publishing equality outcomes and reporting progress.
• Assessing and reviewing policies and practices.
• Gathering and using employee information.

Useful links

For more details, please see the following:

• Equality Act 2010 Summary of Duties.
• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Glossary of Terms.

Further information

If you need any further information, contact edi@cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk.