AA Legal Documents Law guide  Sexual orientation discrimination
It's against the law for an employer to discriminate against you
because of your actual or supposed sexual orientation, or your
association with people of a particular sexual orientation.
What is sexual orientation?  The Employment Equality (Sexual
Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, and the
Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland)
2006 (as amended), define sexual orientation as a sexual
orientation towards persons of:    • The same sex (homosexual)
• The opposite sex (heterosexual)   • The same and of the
opposite sex (bisexual) This means that the regulations protect
lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and heterosexuals in employment and
vocational training.  Types of sexual orientation discrimination
Direct sexual orientation discrimination  This happens when you
are treated less favourably than another worker on the grounds
of your sexual orientation, when compared with another worker of
a different sexual