Reality

But it's a catholic school.

It should say - we aim to brainwash our kids from an early age and to convince them that they are always guilty of something.

New_scooby_04

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And a fair proportion of that public is catholic!! They're quite prolific breaders you know!!

Ns04

New_scooby_04

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Edited to make more comprehensive!

Brendan Hughes

This may help, if it's an independent school:

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2003/20032037.htm

Scroll down to the Explanatory Note at the bottom, if you don't like reading laws

mad_dr

Absolutely. Except you have to be careful about how you do it. If working weekends (or being Catholic, in this case) is a key and unavoidable requirement of the job that cannot be PROVEN to be needless in an employment tribunal, then you can state that during the interview and ask about their ability to comply with it. It is up to them then whether they are able to or not. (One of the things I learnt during an employment law course.

OllyK

That was in part why I made the point about trying to clarify the exact wording of the sentence.

I think you can ask pretty much what you like in an interview, as long as you don't discriminate as a result. You could ask a woman in an interview if she is married or even if she was planning a family, however, if you then didn't give her the job when she was the best suited just because you're worried about her going off on maternity leave, you'd have a problem.

mad_dr

Exactly. The obvious problem being that if you DO ask such a question and then go on to turn her down for the job for a completely unrelated reason, you may then find yourself in a tricky position if the applicant felt that her answer may be the REAL reason for not getting the job. Even if she KNEW the real reason was genuine and unrelated to her breeding wishes, she COULD in theory attempt to sue you knowing that you have now given her some nice ammo to fire at you.

You'd have to attend a tribunal, defend your decision and explain your reasoning and hope that you were found to be in the right.

wwp8

yeah i think its not fair, i wanted to be an ann summers rep. organising party all that,

but they said

"i'm sorry, william but you are not suited for the job,pure discrimination, i tell you!"

Nigel H

We've NO interest in following this up, whoever got the job may well have been better qualified, we'll never know.

The reason I asked the question was that I couldn't see the relevance of having Catholic values for an admin job in a school. Sure if you are a teacher this will have a bearing, but all the job entailed was running a database.

Brendan Hughes

Nigel, the law I showed above only refers to teachers. So you could suspect that the question, if they relied on the answer, was on dodgy legal ground.

New_scooby_04

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Response from Anne Summers:

William, your interview went well up till the point (about 10 secs in) you asked the female interviewer to, and I quote, "Bend over love, I'll give you a demonstration of what you're missing with all that ***** rubbish"

We feel this was in poor taste, even by our standards, and our rejection of your application cannot be deemed as discrimination.

Also, You didn't say please or offer a free sample of lube!!!

Sincerely,

Nigel H

Thanks Brendan. That's what I thought should be the case, but the law is a strange thing at times (for a layman at least).

We discussed this very point before the interview - thinking it would be raised. It turns out we were right to have doubts but what can you do, and anyway I'm sure they'd be able to come up with something to cover their tracks. This just helped to confirm one of my prejudices

Bubba po

Y'know what? I went to install a new doorway at the weekend in a certain premises, and to say it was a fanny-pit would be an injustice to the reality.

I wonder how they discriminated at interview.

KiwiGTI

When did they legalise Catholic schools?