Equality In The Workplace?

IReadUrSoul

Are Ugly people covered in the Equality act for the workplace???
i see in citizens information they are not mentioned???
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/equality_in_work/equality_authority.html

is this true?

FreudianSlippers

Lol?

WindSock

Yeah but they mostly work in radio. Or TV3.

Procrastastudy

As funny as this is where do Airline &c stand with only hiring hotties?

NoQuarter

GCDLawstudent wrote: »

As funny as this is where do Airline &c stand with only hiring hotties?

They stand in with a good chance of me using their services!

28064212

GCDLawstudent wrote: »

As funny as this is where do Airline &c stand with only hiring hotties?

Where do modelling agencies stand with only hiring attractive people for modelling positions?

There are no protections for ugly people in law. Aside from anything else, how exactly would you objectively define ugly?

Manach

28064212 wrote: »

Where do modelling agencies stand with only hiring attractive people for modelling positions?

There are no protections for ugly people in law. Aside from anything else, how exactly would you objectively define ugly?

Check who your current TD is - as the saying goes "Politics is show business for the ugly"

Delancey

GCDLawstudent wrote: »

As funny as this is where do Airline &c stand with only hiring hotties?

You clearly don't fly Aer Lingus , last time I saw a ' Hottie ' Trolly Dolly was sometime back in 1985 I think........

IReadUrSoul

Was actually looking for a serious answer to this !!:eek:

Delancey

IReadUrSoul wrote: »

Was actually looking for a serious answer to this !!:eek:

Sorry , things can be childish here at times.

No , there is no protection for ' ugly ' folk in employment legislation however it is worth bearing in mind that protection does exist in cases of ' ageism ' so a person fired or moved to a different position because they are older than others would have a degree of protection.
Similarly , if someone felt they had been unfairly selected because of ( say ) obesity they may be able to make a case that their obesity is actually a disability - yeah , I know we've all met people who blame their obesity on their glands but it can happen

IReadUrSoul

Delancey wrote: »

Sorry , things can be childish here at times.

No , there is no protection for ' ugly ' folk in employment legislation however it is worth bearing in mind that protection does exist in cases of ' ageism ' so a person fired or moved to a different position because they are older than others would have a degree of protection.
Similarly , if someone felt they had been unfairly selected because of ( say ) obesity they may be able to make a case that their obesity is actually a disability - yeah , I know we've all met people who blame their obesity on their glands but it can happen

Thanks,so an employer can basically do anything they want with the said people???

28064212

IReadUrSoul wrote: »

Thanks,so an employer can basically do anything they want with the said people???

No, they have all the same protections as 'pretty' people. They just arent given any extra protections

krd

28064212 wrote: »

Where do modelling agencies stand with only hiring attractive people for modelling positions?

There are no protections for ugly people in law. Aside from anything else, how exactly would you objectively define ugly?

People get fired from their jobs all the time, because they just don't look right for the office. The English have a term for it, 'face fit', or 'face didn't fit' for someone who just gets fired for no reason in particular just their face didn't fit the office.

It's not really about the kind of attractiveness you have in modelling. If you look at Irish culture, the people who are considered the most attractive are actually ugly.