Sex discrimination: "Genuine occupational qualification" defence upheld
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Lasertop Ltd v Webster [1997] IRLR 498 EAT (2 other reports)
The sex discrimination complaint of a man who, when he applied for employment at a women's health club was told that only female staff would be employed, was not well-founded, holds the EAT in Lasertop Ltd v Webster 11.4.97 EAT 956/96. The employer was entitled to rely on the defence that being a woman was a "genuine occupational qualification" for the job, in order to preserve decency or privacy.