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Sex Discrimination:

 

It is unlawful to discriminate on the grounds of  gender, in the recruitment of staff, the terms of full or part-time employment, in training, promotion or dismissal.

 

Discrimination occurs where, on the grounds of gender, a woman is treated less favourably than a man.

Both direct and indirect discrimination are unlawful.  Men are protected as well as women.

 

T, a male employee of the Department for Work and Pensions, was instructed to wear a tie at work.  The dress code for female employees was less strict.  Women were allowed to wear t-shirts, sleeveless tops or football shirts.  T refused to wear a tie.  He was disciplined several times.  He complained of sex discrimination to an employment tribunal.  His complaint was upheld.  The tribunal ruled that T had been made to wear a tie because he was a man.  If a woman had been disciplined for failing to wear a skirt, that would have been discriminatory against her on grounds of  gender.

The solicitors who represented T were reported to have commented after the case that employers should now re-examine their dress codes to ensure that they were not being applied in a discriminatory way.