Positive discrimination is when a person receives favourable treatment, usually because they are from an underrepresented group in society. In the workplace, this is common in the recruitment process ...

With so many initiatives focusing on equality, diversity and inclusion, we often hear about examples of positive action or positive discrimination in the context of employers’ approaches to increasing ...

While various legislative and self-regulatory initiatives have taken place over the past decade, they are heavily dependent on selecting and preferring female candidates over male candidates a form of ...

UK law is generally hostile towards positive discrimination practices. There is little prospect of any positive discrimination measures being made lawful in the near future, although the Government is ...

It was reported this year that the RAF’s head of recruitment refused to follow an order that she should prioritise women and ethnic minority candidates over white men, which she said was unlawful, and ...

Companies will be able to take "positive action" to choose a more balanced mix of staff, giving jobs to candidates from under-represented groups, including ethnic minorities, homosexuals and people ...

Individuals are rarely totally 'equal' and so the decision to reject a candidate if they don't fit positive discrimination criteria is a risk that few employers have wished to take so far Positive ...

The Home Secretary slammed Dame Cressida after she controversially called for a law change to boost the Met’s proportion of ethnic minority officers. Currently the force is made up of 18 percent black ...

Not all discrimination is a bad thing. In the last 30 years, laws have been passed to create better access to buildings for people with disabilities. Some companies have set minimum quotas for the ...