Positive action: Police force's recruitment process discriminated against white heterosexual man

Furlong v Chief Constable of Cheshire Police ET/2405577/2018

sex discrimination | positive action | equal merit

In Furlong v Chief Constable of Cheshire Police, an employment tribunal held that a police force's recruitment process discriminated against a white heterosexual male candidate who was rejected after the positive action provisions in the Equality Act 2010 were applied to a pool of 127 applicants who passed the interview stage.