Harman pushes discrimination plan

[torledo]

I am also concerned that it is still presumed that it wil be a woman who 'has children and moves to part-time'. THIS is the thing that needs to change - more and more men are either becoming the primary carer of children or sharing care with their partner

 

ah yes, nu labours 'men in pinnies'.....wonder if that's what blair and co. were thinking of when they talked about bringing democracy to iraq and other despot ruled far flung parts of the world.......give every iraqi man the opportunity to wear a frock and work part-time, just like us.

[SteveT]

........... any woman who seeks equality with men ................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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lacks ambition!!!!!!

[duncane]

"The equalities minister said firms should be able to choose a woman over a man of equal ability if they wanted to"

 

To me, the important bit there is the phrase "of equal abilitity", which means that you would pick the best candidate, but if there was no overall winner, it would be legal to choose on the basis of gender if it could be justified.

[somabc]

To me, the important bit there is the phrase "of equal abilitity", which means that you would pick the best candidate, but if there was no overall winner, it would be legal to choose on the basis of gender if it could be justified.

 

I foresee a lot of lawsuits over whether candidates were of "equal ablilty", surely that is a pretty subjective term.

 

When you go for an interview will they be honest with you and say "I'm sorry Mr Smith, you were qualified to do the job and you interviewed well, but we gave the job to a black lesbian blind deaf jewish transexual who had similar qualifications and experience to you"