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Is it legal to discriminate on marital status for car insurance/pensions etc.?
In 2012 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that gender is no longer allowed to be a factor when premiums are calculated for "everything from pensions to car and life insurance".
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Is it legal to discriminate against people over a certain age? [duplicate]
A restaurant reserves certain items on its menu for individuals under a certain age.
The equality act 2010 specifically makes allowances for age discrimination against people under the age of 18. But ...
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Is it lawful to maintain different, independent dress codes for male and female guests to a business/venue? [duplicate]
Some venues/events will specify dress codes for each sex by defining the male code as smart casual and females should wear cocktail dresses etc.
But what if these are less congruent, where females are ...
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Is it illegal if a policy affects one protected class more than everyone else?
I heard some residential leases prohibit any open flames including candles. Since many religions use candles, wouldn't this be an illegal form of discrimination of a protected class? Or does that not ...
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Is it legal to lie about an illegal requirement?
As an example, its not legal to discriminate against a person of a certain race while renting out your house. So lets say an Asian person sees a house rented out with a "no Asians" condition....
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Allowable Discrimination For Jobs
Just lately I realized that anti-discrimination/equal opportunity legislation only applies to proscribed categories of discrimination grounds, e.g. race, ethnicity, gender, orientation, age, etc.
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Can a psychotherapist offer lower rates to African-American clients as reparations?
I have a friend who has started offering lower rates to African-Americans, as her contribution to reparations. She is a psychotherapist in private practice. My loose understanding is that civil ...
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