Discrimination case over colour-blindness
from The Herald 4 September 2007
TWO would-be police officers have taken the chief constable of Scotland’s largest force to an employ ment tribunal claiming sex discrimination after being rejected because they are colour-blind.
Robin Dixon, 25 , and Graeme McCullie, 28, both applied to join Strathclyde Police and went through a rigorous selection procedure before being advised their applications were unsuccessful. The two have now started sex discrimination proceedings before an employment tribunal on the basis that, since more men than women suffer from the condition, they are therefore the victims of indirect sex discrimination.
TWO would-be police officers have taken the chief constable of Scotland’s largest force to an employ ment tribunal claiming sex discrimination after being rejected because they are colour-blind.
Robin Dixon, 25 , and Graeme McCullie, 28, both applied to join Strathclyde Police and went through a rigorous selection procedure before being advised their applications were unsuccessful. The two have now started sex discrimination proceedings before an employment tribunal on the basis that, since more men than women suffer from the condition, they are therefore the victims of indirect sex discrimination.
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