Policy in practice
Race discrimination
The Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful to discriminate against employees, job seekers and trainees because of race - this includes the different elements of colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin.
For example, this would include turning down the best applicant for a job because they are Nigerian and the employer feels they would not 'fit in' with the rest of the staff because they are all English.
There are four main types of race discrimination:
- Direct,
- Indirect,
- Harassment, and
- Victimisation.
The useful ACAS guides below offer employers, senior managers, line managers, HR personnel, employees and employee / trade union representatives an insight into how race discrimination can occur in the workplace, how it can be dealt with and how to reduce the chance of future discrimination.
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