Employment Discrimination

Nobody, except the interviewers, could judge whether that woman was discriminated against because she was short or she was not suitable for the post and there were better candidates. However, that woman is not alone, many people are not invited for interviews and some others are disappointed after the interview for different reasons; including different kinds of discrimination. The common theme is that none of them can bring an employer to court under any legislation for discrimination at employment. You cannot ask an employer why you are not shortlisted or not selected after the interview. The only possibility is that the employer tells the candidate straight away that she/he is not suitable for the post because of her/his age, race, religion, sex, sexuality, disability, and physical features or so on. This is a very far or rare possibility close to impossible. Another possibility is that somebody within the organization reports the offence or one of the interviewers leak the information as sympathy for the candidate, for the sake of applying the law or as a personal attitude.

In general, discrimination in the employment market is an offence as it is prevented by so many laws and acts of parliament, but contrary to many other offences the victim cannot bring the offender to court and even if she/he did, cannot prove any offence. In this case the offence goes underground and there is a very rare possibility for its detection. If you suspect that you have been discriminated against because of any reason mentioned in the Acts mentioned above, please tell us how you can prove it and whether you are ready to bring your case to court or not?