The Law

The Race Relations Act 1976 makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a person because of their colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin in:

• refusing or deliberately omitting to offer employment; 
•  the terms and conditions of service;
• induction arrangements;
• opportunities for promotion, transfer, training or receiving any other benefit or refusal of such opportunities;
• dismissal or subjecting them to any other detriment
  

   

  
  

  The act also makes it unlawful for any person concerned with the provision of goods, facilities or services to the public to discriminate against a person because of their colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin by:

  • refusing or deliberately omitting to provide them with any of them; or
  • refusing or deliberately omitting to provide them with goods, facilities or services of like quality, in like manner on like terms as the normal 

  It is also unlawful to treat less favourably anyone who has or intends to:

  • Bring proceedings against their discriminator under the Race Relations Act.
  • Given evidence of in connection with a case of discrimination brought about by someone else.
  • Alleged that the discriminator or anyone else has acted in such a way that would give rise to a case of discrimination.

  
  

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