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ARTICLE · 31 MAY 2016

Employment Law Updater - May 2016

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The existing Discrimination (Jersey) Law 2013 currently prohibits discrimination on grounds of sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, race and pregnancy and maternity.

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The existing Discrimination (Jersey) Law 2013 currently prohibits discrimination on grounds of sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, race and pregnancy and maternity.

DISCRIMINATION (AGE) (JERSEY) REGULATIONS 2016

On 24 May 2016, the States of Jersey approved the Discrimination (Age) (Jersey) Regulations 2016 (the Regulations).  The Regulations will introduce age as a further protected characteristic, making it unlawful to discriminate on grounds of age. 

Age is very different to the previous protected characteristics in that it permits direct discrimination in limited circumstances – where an employer can show his or her treatment of a person to be a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.

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