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Discrimination at Interview - what to do?

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  • Spendless
    Spendless Posts: 24,816 Forumite
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    what you should have done looby is said can you excuse me a minute, raced outside found a single male, nipped to registry office, married him by special licence, then gone back to interview. THEN you would have been 'what they were looking for' :rolleyes: ;)
  • looby75
    looby75 Posts: 23,387 Forumite
    ianian99 wrote: »
    excuse the pun but if you were in their shoes what would you have done? Maybe you were discriminated against but if it was your shop what would you have done?

    I wouldn't have been so ignorant and prejudice! You can't write off a whole section of people just because you have had problems with one of them in the past.
  • ianian99
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    looby75 wrote: »
    I wouldn't have been so ignorant and prejudice! You can't write off a whole section of people just because you have had problems with one of them in the past.

    maybe but if you had not been in that position yourself do you think you would still think the way you woulod. I'm not saying its right but if you run a business your gonna think that way.
  • looby75
    looby75 Posts: 23,387 Forumite
    ianian99 wrote: »
    maybe but if you had not been in that position yourself do you think you would still think the way you woulod. I'm not saying its right but if you run a business your gonna think that way.

    well lets just hope all businesses don't think like that or I'm going to be on benefits for a long time to come then, because I'm not planning on ever getting married again.
  • kelloggs36
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    Maybe, but it is illegal to discriminate on certain grounds - so tough on the company.
  • ianian99
    ianian99 Posts: 3,095 Forumite
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    looby75 wrote: »
    well lets just hope all businesses don't think like that or I'm going to be on benefits for a long time to come then, because I'm not planning on ever getting married again.

    i hope they aren't too but in reality most of them probably are.
  • jobbingmusician
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    It is illegal to discriminate on the basis of age, sex, etc etc but not on the basis of being a single parent AFAIK. However, in the case of the OP I would report the charity to the Charity Commission.....
    Ex board guide. Signature now changed (if you know, you know).
  • Emmzi
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    It's actually indirect discrimination, which *is* illegal. Because the majority of single parents are women, discriminating against people on grounds of single parentdom = gender based discrimination in the eyes of the law.

    HTH.
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  • seven-day-weekend
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    I think it IS actually illegal to discriminate on the grounds of marital status.
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    http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?r.l1=1073858787&topicId=1074003268&r.l2=1073877851&r.s=tl
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