genuine occupational qualification meaning
noun
An attribute of a person of a particular sex or racial origin which makes them more suited to a particular job, allowing an employer to choose them for the job in preference to someone of another sex or race
An attribute of a person of a particular sex or racial origin which makes them more suited to a particular job, allowing an employer to choose them for the job in preference to someone of another sex or race
Examples
- "Under the Sex Discrimination Act it is not unlawful to advertise a post where a person's sex is a genuine occupational qualification for the job, within certain tightly drawn limits,"
- There are a significant number of caveats, including " genuine occupational qualification, " " domestic employment in a private household, " " to preserve reasonable standards of privacy, " " national security " and " organised religion ."
- :My understanding is that acting & modelling, and waiting tables in a restaurant ( i . e . being visible to customers ), but not cooking in a backroom kitchen, are the main areas in which racial discrimination is not illegal in the UK . Race counts as a " genuine occupational qualification ".
