Employment Provisions
The Order applies to all employers, including public authorities, sub-contractors and franchises, regardless of size.
It is unlawful for an employer to discriminate:-
- in recruitment and selection, including arrangements for deciding who should be offered employment; in the terms on which employment is offered; or by refusing or deliberately omitting to offer a person employment;
- in the terms and conditions of employment ;
- in relation to access to benefits, including opportunities for promotion, transfer, training or any other benefits, or the refusal of those opportunities;
- by dismissing an employee or causing him/her any other detriment; and
- after the employment relationship has ended.
Employers are also liable for acts of discrimination committed by their employees in the course of their employment, whether or not the acts were done with the employers knowledge or approval, unless the employer can show that he took such steps as were reasonably practicable to prevent the discrimination occurring.
The Order also applies to the following bodies:-
- those with statutory power to select employees for others;
- employment agencies;
- vocational organisations, including trade unions;
- training providers; and
- those who have power to confer qualifications.
The Order also applies to contract workers, partnerships and barristers.
The RRO does not apply to employers on grounds other than those of race or ethnic or national origin who provide training for people from abroad who intend to return to their home countries on completing the training; to employment where being of a particular racial group is a genuine occupational qualification for the job.
