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08-Aug-14, 21:40
The Caithness Business Index (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk) has posted the following article:

Driving away candidates? Advertising an intention to discriminate




Do you really need to be a man to be handy? Do the young have the monopoly on being dynamic? Is being Scottish a genuine occupational requirement of working as a nanny? Do you need a driving licence to be mobile and willing to travel? The Commission has recently considered a number of complaints regarding the wording of job advertisements which potentially advertise an intention to discriminate across the range of protected characteristics. The most common complaint relates to posts where having a driving licence is advertised as an essential requirement, which may deter, and discriminate against, disabled applicants. [Read Full Article (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=5179)]