'Lad' wanted for heavy lifting job

An employer who asked jobcentre staff to advertise a job as being one for a "lad" because it involved heavy lifting acted unlawfully, rules a Birmingham industrial tribunal (Chair: J G Haslam) in Equal Opportunities Commission v Grays Retailing Ltd.

An employee of Grays Retailing Ltd, Mrs Baker, rang the local jobcentre to place a vacancy for a "lad" to do all the heavy lifting in the stockroom.