a friend has just been denied a job at work cos his gf, who also works at the same place, is epileptic. the boss sited he couldn't rely on him, as he would have to keep going home to look after her. sounds a bit iffy. does he have a leg to stand on?
employment law q?
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weird one, i can see both sides, sort of, if the girlfriend needs time off for example and the boyfriend has to look after her then the employer has lost 2 people from his workforce, having said that, i don't think it is legal as such to refuse a person on that basis. but the employer could simply justify employing someone else for whatever reason and simply not have the above issue.
hard one.
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hard one.
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TheGreenRabbit
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using the same logic he should never employ people who may need to take time of work for a loved one, so how about not employing soem one who has children or may become pregnant, what about some one who has an elderly pairent, sounds like he is on dodgy legal ground.
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Blatant discrimination...bad boss...naughty man
Just ignore it and move on fighting it could end doing more harm than good, also would you take the job if it was offered now knowing that your not wanted.
Just think about the reprecusions, often it's best just to move on and apply elsewhere.
He might well have had an even better candidate (don't shoot me, I don't know the full picture) and thus needed to give a reason why your friend didn't get the job so went with personal reasons in a moment of stupidity.
Just think about the reprecusions, often it's best just to move on and apply elsewhere.
He might well have had an even better candidate (don't shoot me, I don't know the full picture) and thus needed to give a reason why your friend didn't get the job so went with personal reasons in a moment of stupidity.
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jamabikes":1fh8169w said:
Employer has possibly broken the law, and, in my eyes, he bloody well doesn't have a leg to stand on. This is discrimination by association.
The short of it is: She has a protected characteristic, and the employer is discriminating against him due to this.
If I were your friend, I'd stick in a grievance straight away, check the ACAS website for guidelines on how to do this, and raise the issue and start throwing stones. If I were an quite clever about it, too, I'd make a protected disclosure about it to his higher ups, in letter form, which will then protect his position further.
Hopefully, they both have household insurance as you can bring employment law claims using this, and you don't have to use their panel lawyers. And then check your insurance policies and start phoning around for some lawyers.
It's against the law and this sort of conduct is not at all acceptable.
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