Race and religion or belief

Summary Race and religion have been combined on this page because they tend to be less important in an occupational health (OH) setting than...

Other EqA defences

Summary This page looks at defences to Equality Act 2010 claims other than the objective justification defence, namely: Occupational require...

Fixed retirement ages for health and safety, and maximum recruitment ages

Summary Compulsory retirement age Normally a compulsory retirement age is unlawful as direct age discrimination unless it can be justified b...

Maximum recruitment age for police: EU case

The EU Court of Justice (ECJ) has upheld a maximum recruitment age of 35 for the Basque police. There was evidence that an officer aged 55 o...