Racial discrimination in the workplace is illegal. As an employer, it is your responsibility to be able to recognise racial discrimination in all its different forms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This article will explain what you need to know about the different types of racial discrimination in the workplace<\/a>. It will first define what we mean by racial discrimination and then detail the different types of racial discrimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Racial discrimination is when you treat someone differently and less favourably based on their race. Race refers to a persons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Race is one of the nine protected characteristics in discrimination law; hence it is illegal to discriminate based on race. Moreover, it does not matter whether a person intends for racial discrimination to occur, this is still classified as discrimination. For example, you could be racially discriminating if you fail to ensure that others in the workplace do not racially discriminate. Racial discrimination is illegal in all areas of employment, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, there are four main types of racial discrimination which could occur in the workplace:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you directly discriminate against someone based on race, you put them at a disadvantage and treat them less favourably than another. For example, suppose you interview candidates for a job in your workplace, and the better-qualified candidate is Jamaican. However, you decide to choose the other candidate for the job simply because they are Caucasian, this is direct discrimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You may also directly discriminate towards a person by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Further, discrimination by association is when you discriminate against a person based on the race of a person they know or are associated with. For example, if you discriminate against your employee based on the race of their partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Discrimination by perception is where you discriminate against a person based on what you perceive their race to be. For example, suppose you refuse to promote your Indian employee who you perceive to be Bangladeshi to a role that was customer-facing. If this decision was made on the basis that customers did not want to be served by a Bangladeshi adviser, this is discrimination by perception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Continue reading this article below the form\n <\/i>\n<\/a>\nWhat is Racial Discrimination?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Direct Discrimination<\/h2>\n\n\n\n