Equality at work is essential to the effectiveness and productivity of an organisation. This may sound like a given, but the introduction of equality and diversity legislation to the island of Ireland – namely the Employment Equality Act of 1998 and 2004 in the Republic, and the Northern Ireland Act 1998 in NI – has helped to remove many inequalities from the workplace that had previously existed with impunity. There is also specific legislation concerning disability and age discrimination in the workplace in Northern Ireland. So how exactly does diversity as a concept translate into the world of work today?

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