22nd January 2007, 12:51 PM
I haven't confirmed this with Personnel but I think it relates to The Sex Discrimination Act, the Race Relations Act and the Race Relations Amendment Act. It could be construed as an example of indirect discrimination. That is, if the requirements can be shown to be unnecessary to do the job, it counts as discrimination.
Also, we no longer ask for higher education qualifications for field staff as essential but list as desirable. The reasoning for this is similar. Also, you stray into the dodgy area of age-related discrimination. There are older people who manged career progression without degrees.
Also, we no longer ask for higher education qualifications for field staff as essential but list as desirable. The reasoning for this is similar. Also, you stray into the dodgy area of age-related discrimination. There are older people who manged career progression without degrees.