Illegalize racial discrimination in job advertisement and hiring

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

Caucasians and other races have been overtly excluded or discouraged from applying in jobs & internships. Recruitment should be based on competence and skills, not skin colour

How can you not be allowed to apply for a job in your own country ? Diversity is good, but it should be peacefully promoted. Outright excluding/discouraging certain races from applying is wrong.
e.g:
- The BBC (Newsbeat): "This traineeship is only open to candidates from a BAME or lower socio-economic background" This excludes caucasians, and even if the poorer can, it is discouraging.
- The Cheshire police: a candidate has gotten rejected for being a white male. He fortunately won in court.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the UK Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

It is already against the law (the Equality Act 2010) to discriminate against someone because of their race, so we're not sure what further action you'd like the Government or Parliament to take. You can find out more here:

https://www.gov.uk/discrimination-your-rights/types-of-discrimination

Timeline

1 Mar 2019	Petition opened for signatures
8 Mar 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 8 Mar 2019

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