Shortlisting job candidates

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• Type:

  FAQs

  Is it permissible to exclude from a shortlist any job applicants who submit untidy or badly written applications?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Is it unlawful to exclude a job applicant from the shortlist on the grounds that their disability would cause practical difficulties for the employer?

• Type:

  FAQs

  If a job applicant has suffered from a debilitating illness in the past, can they be excluded from the shortlist?

• Date:

  1 March 1995

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Pakistani doctor discriminated against

  A Pakistani doctor who was not shortlisted for a medical post because he could not meet the job requirements was unlawfully indirectly discriminated against, rules an Edinburgh industrial tribunal (Chair: S Krietman) in Mian v Common Services Agency and Brotherston.

• Date:

  1 March 1995

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Failure to shortlist unlawful

  A failure to shortlist a black employee for interview for the job of senior social worker was unlawful discrimination, rules a Nottingham industrial tribunal (Chair: D R Sneath) in Charles v Nottinghamshire County Council.

• Date:

  1 September 1994

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Race bias against equality job applicant

  A Pakistani applicant who unsuccessfully applied for the post of senior equality adviser was discriminated against on the grounds of race, rules a Nottingham industrial tribunal majority (Chair: J H Bellis) in Ayub v Nottinghamshire County Council.