Equality has been the hardest thing to combat in all areas. Someone will always think that they should be paid better because they are older, whiter or a man. Several different equality acts have been drawn up over the years and they're still being revised within the last few years. At the turn of the millennia a revised equality act was amended and was thought to cover all the bases. It sought to protect workers against discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, religion or religious belief and sexual orientation.The equality act of 2006 was to cover three main purposes. To establish a commission for equality and human rights. To make discrimination on the grounds of religion or religious beliefs, belief in the provision of facilities, goods and services, education, the disposal and management of premises and the exercise of public functions. And to create a duty to public authorities to promote equality of opportunity between women and men and prohibit sex discrimination in the exercise of public functions.
These rules and regulations apply to all manor of work places, selection criteria, terms of job offers and promotion, terms and conditions of employment, access to training and application processes. Although these regulations do not apply to the armed forces.
Copyright is a relatively new concept, where people can not only own physical objects but also unwritten ideas. The copyright act protects original works of authorship and intellectual property as it relates to literary, musical dramatic, lyrical, audible, audio visual, pictorial, architectural, sculptural, graphical, and many other kinds of creations both physical and intellectual belonging to the creator or designated owner.
The main reason you would want anything copyright is that it prevents unauthorised reproduction, distribution, altering the piece in any way and performing or displaying the work publicly. Others may want a copyright in case another accuses them of copying their work and the original party could display their copyright which would make it a lot more difficult for the opposing party. People with a visual arts copyright have additional right granted which can be viewed at any time on the federal copyright site.For a work to be copyrighted it needs to have a minimal amount of very original content in the subject piece. All works that have been created since 1978 automatically become the copyright property of their creators. Although some people still pay a visit to the copyright office and give them the form and the fee for extra protection on their creation, mainly to protect them from any extreme legal disputes.
Copyright is available for any and all unpublished (not in the public domain) work, regardless of where the creator lives in the world. As of January 1978 the creator copyright ownership is protected for up to 70 years after the creator's death.
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/human-resources/media/hr/allfiles/pdfs/Employment-Legislation---Timeline-and-Definitions.pdf
http://www.shavemagazine.com/finance/all-you-need-to-know-about-copyright
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