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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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Can an agency be liable for sending me home because they did not provide the correct uniform size? [closed]
I was urgently called to cover a shift in London today. Upon arrival, the supervisor gave me a jumpsuit, which clearly did not fit, causing me embarrassment. Despite this, he insisted I attempt to ...
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Is it legal in the United Kingdom to discriminate on hiring due to business dealings with sanctioned countries?
I've had a qualified candidate apply to one of my job postings. He is Iranian with indefinite leave to remain in the UK. However he has a business interest in Iran where he sells VPNs with bitcoin ...
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Is police discretion subject to the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED)?
Polly the police officer is charged with monitoring and policing a large demonstration which is evenly split between pro-X and anti-X factions. Or alternatively lets say it is dominated by ...
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Is prosecutorial discretion subject to the public sector equality duty?
The Equality Act 2010 creates a duty on public sector entities to have consideration for equality in all decisions they take. Does this bear on prosecutorial offices and their exercises of ...
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Have any regulations been made under s22(2)(b) EA2010?
Section 22(2)(b) of the Equality Act 2010 allows for certain regulations. Have any been made thereunder?
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To what extent was the Equality Act 2010 shaped by or did it “implement” legal provisions of the EU?
The DPA 2018 was passed pursuant to the EU GDPR to achieve uniformity across the EU in relation to matters of personal data. The unfair contract term regulations too were passed to implement EU ...
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Do anti discrimination laws bind overseas service providers when the victims of their discrimination are in the jurisdiction of the law?
Bob lives in Birmingham or perhaps Madrid. He joins an online club operated by an overseas entity based in Peru, or perhaps Chicago.
They incidentally find out that he is black and promptly cancel his ...
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What makes something qualify as indirect unlawful discrimination versus simply being lawful practice?
Imagine that Nike makes a particular model/style of trainer, for example, called the Nike Jordan 4128s, which come in a men's and women's version respectively. They both normally retail for £200, but ...
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Is it lawful to offer smaller portions only to children below a certain age, by calling it a "children's menu"?
Suppose that one is ordering from a restaurant that offers full portions for £11 or half-sized portions on a section of the menu designated as for kids for £6.
But suppose that one is over the ...
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What laws cover offences against those with various sets of protected characteristics?
The Equality Act 2010 legally protects people against discrimination, harassment or victimisation based on nine "protected characteristics":
age
disability
gender reassignment
marriage and ...
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What would be required to overturn the Grainger test?
It seems to me the Grainger test seriously risks politicising the judiciary, leaving them to decide, quite undemocratically, in fact, on behalf of the populous what types of beliefs are or aren't ...
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What is an example of indirect discrimination?
In another answer @JBently IIRC explained that if one was to offer only urinal facilities but no toilet stalls this would be indirect discrimination as it would have the effect of unfavorable ...
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Alice's restaurant profiteering from those with allergies
Suppose Alice has a restaurant where she serves pies for £10. She can make them with gluten free bases for the allergic, and these bases cost her £3 over the regular ones' £0.5. However, to make one a ...
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Is it legal to offer a scholarship only for female applicants?
Suppose an organisation offers training courses on a subject of general significance that could not in any stretch be said specific to either or the other gender.
And it offers free spaces on it under ...