At least it’s not an affirmative action type policy like the BNP suggests it is.
I don’t like discrimination positive or negative in the work place, however I do appreciate there is certainly negative discrimination in many sectors and as you say this legislation could benefit almost anyone under the right circumstances.
I doubt it will make much difference to be honest, it’s a bit wishy washy with no teeth (fortunately, positive discrimination is still discrimination).
It’s more a statement of positive intentions, no minority should be under represented if the world was fair, than legally enforceable legislation, you must hire X number of disabled people, disabled women, disabled bisexuals…
Hire the best person for the job, period.
All that being said I do run a business and would never hire a smoker, nothing personal (if someone is dumb enough to smoke, feel free, could help with the pensions crisis we’ll be facing soon!) but they stink and it gives me a migraine being around someone who stinks of cigarettes! I literally couldn’t physically work with a smoker. I also don’t want to be subjected to the long term damaging effects from being near smokers for extended periods, even when they smoke outside a business they do ‘give off’ harmful substances during the day.
Is that discrimination?
As a teenager I had to give up a well paid factory job (well paid for a 17 year old with no responsibilities :-)) because smoking was allowed within the workplace. Where I worked was a couple of meters from the break room and cigarette smoke drifted from the room to where I worked all the time! I also couldn’t use the break room.
David
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