Get help with discrimination at work

Summary

Contact your local representative or check your trade union’s website for how to get in touch. They’ll help you decide what to do and might be able to come to meetings with your employer to support you. Talk to an adviser for help with your discrimination problem and any other problems you have. For example if you were unfairly dismissed you can get advice about money problems you might have if you’re not working. You might be able to get free legal help as part of your home insurance, or through legal aid or a law centre. Check how to get free legal help. If you can’t get help from Citizens Advice or free legal help, contact Acas. They’re an impartial organisation that aims to help people solve problems at work. They can be helpful if discrimination isn’t your only problem, for example if you’re being discriminated against and also being paid late. Calls usually cost up to 40p a minute from mobiles and up to 10p a minute from landlines. It should be free from your mobile if you have a contract that includes calls to landlines - check with your supplier if you’re not sure. If you’re not comfortable speaking English, you can say which language you prefer when you call. You can also.

Key information

• Talk to an adviser for help with your discrimination problem and any other problems you have. For example if you were unfairly dismissed you can get advice about money problems you might have if you’re not working.
• You might be able to get free legal help as part of your home insurance, or through legal aid or a law centre. Check how to get free legal help.
• If you can’t get help from Citizens Advice or free legal help, contact Acas. They’re an impartial organisation that aims to help people solve problems at work. They can be helpful if discrimination isn’t your only problem, for example if you’re being discriminated against and also being paid late.
• Calls usually cost up to 40p a minute from mobiles and up to 10p a minute from landlines. It should be free from your mobile if you have a contract that includes calls to landlines - check with your supplier if you’re not sure.
• If you’re not comfortable speaking English, you can say which language you prefer when you call.
• You can also contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) with discrimination problems - they can help you find a way forward but can’t give legal advice.
• Don’t send any documents when you write to them - they’ll ask for anything they need when they reply.
• You can contact EASS using British Sign Language (BSL) - check how to use the BSL service.
• The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) runs EHRC Adviser Support, which is a helpline for advisers and solicitors.

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