Submitted on Tuesday 11th May 2021
Rejected on Monday 17th May 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Change the Equality Act 2010 so disadvantage has to be proven
To add a section to the act that requires disadvantage regarding protected characteristics to be proven and not merely assumed based on low workforce participation rates or the standard of what a person reasonably thinks.
Assuming disadvantage because of lower rates of participation assumes that without disadvantage people would behave identically when they don't.
A large portion of the population might reasonably think that disparity is only caused by disadvantage.
This makes what a person reasonably thinks not a sufficient standard with which to determine actual disadvantage, certainly not sufficient to justify positive discrimination in hiring and promotion which is negative discrimination against others.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Determining whether discrimination has taken place under the Equality Act is a matter for the Courts, not the UK Government or Parliament.
You could start a petition calling for a ban on positive discrimination, if that is something you'd like to see happen.
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