By James Harper
Discrimination is a complicated issue. On paper, equal opportunities laws are designed to create a level playing field that ensures that people are treated equally based on their ability to do the job in question. Anything unrelated to the job such as age, gender, race, lifestyle preferences, or physical abilities in areas unrelated to their job, should be irrelevant.
In practice, things are murkier. Sometimes, discrimination is indirect and difficult to prove; such as a female worker missing out on promotions because they are discussed and advertised during work nights out; something that worker may be unable to attend due to other commitments.
In other cases, discrimination is unintentional, and employers are happy to put things right as soon as the issue is pointed out, and a sensible solution is put forward. » Read more: State of the Market: Am I Being Discriminated Against?
