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New Discrimination legislation takes effect in Dec
Anonymous
10/14/03 at 02:47:29
From MCB Website:

New Discrimination legislation takes effect in December

From 2nd December 2003, new Employment Equality Regulations come into force, making it
unlawful to discriminate against workers because of religion. A draft 'Code of good
practice' has been issued by ACAS. Under the new regulations, it will be unlawful, for example,
to discriminate against female employees choosing to wear the head scarf (unless an
organisation can justify its decision on operational grounds).

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From FAIR Website:

There is currently insufficient protection for Muslims in the UK. Unlike some minority
groups, like Sikhs and Jews, Muslims are not protected under the Race Relations Act 1976 or
the more recent Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000.

New legislation to implement the EU Employment Framework Directive in the UK will mean
that Muslims will, for the first time, be protected against religious discrimination in the
sphere of employment. However, this new legislation will not extend to other social
policy areas as is the case with existing race, sex and disability legislation.

We believe that in a multi-racial, multi-faith society such as Britain, there should be
no room for such inequality. It is unacceptable that Muslims should enjoy less protection
from discrimination than other racial or religious groups.
Download CAMPAIGN PACK(.pdf file)

www.fairuk.org


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