Who's discriminating against you?

We have divided this guide up into sections to help you find the information that's relevant to you:

If your employer or work colleague is discriminating against you	Go to Discrimination at work - what can you do about it?
If a shop or service provider (such as a pub, doctor, bank, estate agent, job centre or housing association) is discriminating against you	Go to Discrimination by shops and services - what can you do about it?

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If you are being discriminated against by someone else such as a neighbour or even complete strangers, your rights will differ. These people could be interfering with your human rights or committing a criminal offence. You might be able to take them to court to claim compensation or put a stop to it. If you feel physically threatened in any way or someone damages your property, call the police. Otherwise, talk to an adviser about your options. See Get advice! to find out who you can speak to.

If you don’t know what we mean by discrimination, take a look at our guide, Is that fair?

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At the moment, the government is working on introducing the Equality Act, to bring together and update the current anti-discrimination laws.
This new law will fill in some the gaps in the current laws, for example by:

Making it illegal for service providers to discriminate against people because of their age.

Allowing someone who has been discriminated against in more than one way to make one claim about the discrimination instead of two separate ones.

The Equality Act is expected to come into force in October 2010. It is unlikely that the Act will affect the contents of this guide. However we don’t yet know the full details, so keep checking back here for updates or Get advice! if you want to know how the Act affects your situation.