Let’s look at exactly what positive discrimination means, some examples of positive discrimination in the workplace and the differences between positive action and positive discrimination.
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If you're guilty of unlawful discrimination, you could end up facing tribunal claims, compensation penalties, and reputational damage. In this guide, we'll look at what positive discrimination is, what the law covers, and how to avoid it within your workforce.
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Positive discrimination is the act of favouring someone based on a ‘protected characteristic’. The protected characteristics are set out in the Equality Act 2010 as: age. disability. gender reassignment. marriage and civil partnership. pregnancy and maternity. race. religion or belief.
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Positive action and positive discrimination examples in recruitment. According to the Equality Act 2010, there are two examples of positive action that are considered lawful: general positive action and positive action in recruitment or promotion.
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Examples might include: Intervention to increase participation of female students with disabilities in the next field trip, by 10 students. The University could achieve this by arranging to hire an accessible bus, visit only accessible places during the trip. Also, to make it clear when advertising the trip.
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These specific examples include: Positive Discrimination: Setting a quota or benchmarks to hire a specific proportion of people within a protected characteristic or minority group. Positive Age Discrimination: Promoting an employee that is younger than the rest of the team they will be joining due to their age.
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Examples of positive discrimination include hiring drives specifically for women candidates to increase gender diversity, and specific career development programs for women to increase the pipeline and gender ratio of women senior leaders at the top.
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An example of positive discrimination is the case of Furlong v Chief Constable of Cheshire Police.
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What is positive discrimination with an example? Positive discrimination is the automatic favouring, without proper consideration of merit, of under-represented individuals from minority groups over individuals in majority groups.
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The Equality Act protects people who have a disability against these types of discrimination: Direct discrimination. Discrimination arising from disability. Indirect discrimination. Harassment. Victimisation. Failing to comply with duty to make reasonable adjustments.
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