Advertisements (Discriminatory)
Key points A job advertisement that indicates (or could be construed as indicating) an intention to discriminate against would-be job applicants on grounds of sex, marital status, gender reassignment, colour, race, nationality or national or ethnic origins, or on grounds of disability, is unlawful by virtue of section 38 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, section 29 of the Race Relations Act 1976, and section 11 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Note It is not yet unlawful in the UK for an employer to discriminate against a job applicant (or existing worker) on grounds of age, political conviction, or religion - except in Northern Ireland where discrimination on grounds of religion or political opinion is outlawed by the Fair Employment & Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998. However, the UK Government has three years within which to introduce legislation implementing the EU's Employment Directive 2000/78/EC, which prohibitions discrimination...