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Include qualifications and occupation in anti-discrimination laws

Submitted by Stephen Katona on Monday 14th April 2025

Published on Tuesday 13th May 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 13th November 2025

Signatures: 24

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finding ~ Gender ~ Illegal ~ Law ~ Medic ~ Personality ~ Prevent ~ Racing ~ Reasonable ~ training ~ work

Petition Action

Include qualifications and occupation in anti-discrimination laws

Petition Details

Currently it is illegal to prevent a person from being employed for a job based upon personal characteristics such as race, gender and age. However, it is legal to prevent anyone who has ever been a medical student from working or training as a physician associate.

Additional Information

We believe it should be illegal to prevent someone from applying for a job based upon their existing qualifications or job. Saying someone is over qualified should not be a valid reason to prevent someone from finding work.


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