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Like employees and workers, personal office holders and business partners are protected by the Equality Act 2010 in employment, education and training.
Personal office holders are people appointed to carry out a function under the supervision of another person, and have a different type of contract to an employee. You are an ‘office holder’ if you are a:
Under the Equality Act, since October 2010 it has been unlawful for a responsible person (the person responsible for the appointment and training of an office holder) to discriminate against an office holder based on their age.
For example, if a parish priest has put you forward to become a deacon, and the Director of deacons informs you that you are not eligible to train to become a deacon because of your age, this is unlawful under the Equality Act.
Under the Equality Act, a partnership firm must not discriminate against or victimise someone when they are offering a partnership position, creating the terms for a business partner, or deciding whether or not to offer him or her a position as a partner.
Business partners also have protection in terms of accessing promotion, training or transfer, or any other benefit, service or facility.
For more information about the Equality Act and the protection it gives you, see The Equality Act - what it means for you.
For further information:
Download the factsheet The law on age discrimination (PDF 205 KB)
Download the factsheet Rights at work (PDF 262 KB)
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