Sex Discrimination in Recruitment
by Liam
The penultimate episode of this year’s The Apprentice aired on BBC 1 on Wednesday evening. The show took the form of the final 5 candidates being interviewed by, amongst others, Sir Alan. What should one ask the female candidates? I know, lets ask all about their Children. Shall we ask the male candidates about their children or their plans to have children? No.
Employers should be very careful about airing such subjects at interview. One does not have to be an employee to claim Sex Discrimination - candidates for jobs are eligible to claim. Asking only women about children could be argued to be a sign of sex discrimination. If it wasn’t for the fact that both female candidates with children were offered the opportunity to go through to the final, could there have been an argument of Sex Discrimination? Possibly.
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