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Positive action: Police force's recruitment process discriminated against white heterosexual man

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    Furlong v Chief Constable of Cheshire Police ET/2405577/2018 (0 other reports)

Furlong v Chief Constable of Cheshire Police ET/2405577/2018

sex discrimination | positive action | equal merit

In Furlong v Chief Constable of Cheshire Police, an employment tribunal held that a police force's recruitment process discriminated against a white heterosexual male candidate who was rejected after the positive action provisions in the Equality Act 2010 were applied to a pool of 127 applicants who passed the interview stage.