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8. Margaret, an IT programmer, aged 55, was
made redundant when the bank where she
worked reduced their numbers. She registered
with a recruitment agency who were confident
she would get another job because of her high
qualifications, skills and experience. They put
her forward for a job with an IT company for
which she was highly qualified, but it went to a
younger person who was less well qualified. The
agency told her that the company felt a younger
person would fit in better with their team.
Discrimination or not…………………………………
Law………………………………………………………
Ground…………………………………………………..
9. Khedi, a Muslin woman from Chechnya, went
into a shoe shop in a shopping centre, wearing
her traditional national dress which includes a
headscarf. For no apparent reason, the manager
asked her to leave the shop. The only possible
explanation was her appearance. She had
previously been taken for a Roma and asked to
leave other shops.
11. Chrissie moved to a new town to take up
a job she had been offered. She phoned in
response to an advertisement for a rented
apartment and was told by the owner that
she could have it, subject to references.
When she went to see the apartment, with
her references, the owner was initially very
friendly. However, when Chrissie mentioned
that she was a Traveller, the owner’s manner
changed and she said she would ring her to
confirm. She phoned Chrissie later to say that
the house was no longer available.
Discrimination or not…………………………………
Law………………………………………………………
Ground…………………………………………………..
12. Derek is 16. He is being bullied on Facebook
by a group of boys from school who are making
nasty comments about him because they think
he is gay. They frequently call him names in
school and have written comments on his
locker. His tutor has told him that he just needs
to toughen up and get on with it.
Discrimination or not…………………………………
Law………………………………………………………
Ground…………………………………………………..
10. James and Rosie, two young Travellers,
were planning their wedding. They went to the
hotel to discuss the wedding with the events
manager and agreed the options they wanted.
They were expecting to pay the usual 10%
deposit, but were told by the manager that they
would have to pay 50% up front, as the last
Traveller couple to have their wedding there
had not paid the bill. As they really wanted to
have the reception there, they felt they had no
choice but to pay the 50%.
Discrimination or not…………………………………
Law………………………………………………………
Ground…………………………………………………..
Discrimination or not…………………………………
Law………………………………………………………
Ground…………………………………………………..
13. Marie had worked in PR for two years. She
applied for a new job in a large multinational
company. She was told that part of the
application process would be a written test
on the day of interview. She informed the
company that as she was visually impaired,
she would require assistive technology to do
the written test and would need extra time
to complete it. The company told her that
everyone would be expected to complete the
test in the same time and that they could not
provide assistive technology.
Discrimination or not…………………………………
Law………………………………………………………
Ground…………………………………………………..
98 seCTION 4 Equality and the Law