Tips on avoiding discrimination in job advertisements

Employers' Law talks to legal and recruitment experts about how employers can avoid discrimination in job advertisements.

• Law in practice: discriminatory job advertisements Read the article in full.

Also

A round-up of employment tribunal cases on age discrimination in recruitment, from XpertHR's employment intelligence blog:

• Tribunal rejects lost boy's age discrimination claim
• Experience limit for candidates was age discrimination
• When recruitment decisions based on age are lawful
• "Youthful enthusiasm" in job ad suggests age bias

From XpertHR's frequently asked questions section:

• Can employers continue to specify a minimum number of years' service in job advertisements?
• Is it permissible for an employer to state in a job advert that applicants must hold a full driving licence?
• Is it unlawful to include a preferred age range in a job advertisement?
• Is it lawful for an employer to indicate that a vacancy is aimed at women if the job is advertised in a women's magazine?