18:28 Mon 4 Nov S.' 52% • www.gov.uk How you can be discriminated against Discrimination can come in one of the following forms: • direct discrimination - treating someone with a protected characteristic less favourably than others • indirect discrimination - putting rules or arrangements in place that apply to everyone, but that put someone with a protected characteristic at an unfair disadvantage • harassment - unwanted behaviour linked to a protected characteristic that violates someone's dignity or creates an offensive environment for them • victimisation - treating someone unfairly because they've complained about discrimination or harassment It can be lawful to have specific rules or arrangements in place, as long as they can be justified. <— Previous Types of discrimination ('protected characteristics') 4 Next Discrimination at work View a printable version of the whole guide Explore the topic Your rights and legal support Disability rights and the Equality Act 2010 Work and disabled people Related content Solve a workplace dispute Definition of disability under the Equality Act 2010 Disability rights Report hate crime Reporting an accessibility problem on a public sector website • rirolln+c n+uInrL nnel +rnelle% i ininno EFTA00037179