Racial Discrimination (Employment and other fields)
Key points Under the provisions of the Race Relations Act 1976, it is unlawful for any person in Great Britain to discriminate against another person on grounds of colour, race, nationality or national or ethnic origins – whether in the field of employment or in the provision of goods, facilities or services. The 1976 Act, which repealed and replaced earlier Race Relations Acts, identifies three forms of racial discrimination, each of which is unlawful. These are: direct discrimination (which occurs when a person is treated less favourably than other persons because of his or her colour, race, nationality, etc); indirect discrimination (which occurs when a person is effectively denied access to employment opportunities, goods, facilities, services, etc by the imposition of an unjustifiable condition or requirement which places him or her at a disadvantage relative to persons of a different racial group); and discrimination in the form of victimisat...