2. Discrimination, Family Rights and Flexible Working
Apply Equality Act concepts, harassment and adjustment duties and advise on family leave, pay, protection and flexible-working requests.
How to study the CPQ Professional stage
Build the independent research and business-report skills required for P1, then prepare the work-relevant tasks in the one P2–P10 pathway on your record.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Discrimination claims require the correct protected characteristic, prohibited conduct, comparator or disadvantage and any defence.
Exam cue: Classify the discrimination concept before applying facts.
Concept 2
Harassment and reasonable-adjustment duties require preventative and responsive workplace action.
Exam cue: Identify knowledge, disadvantage and reasonable steps for disability.
Concept 3
Family and flexible-working rights have distinct eligibility, process, timing and protection rules.
Exam cue: Use current commencement dates for reformed rights.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Calling every unfair act direct discrimination.
Guardrail: Do not study all nine pathways as mandatory, treat P1 as a timed exam, confuse passage with authorisation or rely on outdated law, tax, procedure or regulator guidance.
Waiting for a disabled worker to name a specific adjustment.
Guardrail: Do not study all nine pathways as mandatory, treat P1 as a timed exam, confuse passage with authorisation or rely on outdated law, tax, procedure or regulator guidance.
Applying announced but uncommenced reforms as current law.
Guardrail: Do not study all nine pathways as mandatory, treat P1 as a timed exam, confuse passage with authorisation or rely on outdated law, tax, procedure or regulator guidance.
Memory anchors
Equality claim
Characteristic, conduct, comparator, disadvantage, defence and remedy.
Adjustment
Disability, knowledge, disadvantage, step and reasonableness.
Family right
Event, status, eligibility, notice, pay and protection.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
A manager rejects a woman because clients may prefer men. What type of claim is most direct?
A uniform rule disadvantages a religious group. What should the employer assess?
Answer all questions to submit.
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