Can Legal Action be Taken Against Discriminatory Recruitment Criteria?

Fri 24th Mar 2023

It has been ruled by several employment tribunals that gender critical beliefs should not be discriminated against in the workplace, and any discriminatory recruitment criteria may amount to breaches of employment law.

In a recently published article in The Telegraph, James Cresswell was asked to comment on the legal aspects of including discriminatory criteria in a job advert after life coach, Maisie Hill, banned ‘TERFs’ from applying to be her assistant. You can read the article in full here.

For help and advice on this topic or related issues, please do not hesitate to contact James Cresswell on 01727 798018, or email james.cresswell@salaw.com.

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