Operators warned against discriminating foreign workers
By Helen Patenall
UK hospitality firms have been urged to beware of breaching discrimination laws when recruiting and employing eastern European workers.
Justin Beevor, a partner at law firm Mace & Jones, said: “Although testing an applicant’s standard of written and oral English may seem like common sense to an employer, the test could be seen as a barrier to employment if the job description doesn’t require any given standard. The same tests must also be applied to all candidates regardless of their national origins.”
Beevor has also urged employers to check all prospective workers’ passports and ensure copies are kept on file for possible defence against a charge of employing an illegal migrant worker. However, “checking one job applicant’s paperwork, because they have a foreign accent but not another’s who has no accent, would be discriminatory.”
Around 600,000 eastern Europeans have migrated to Britain since the European Union expanded in 2004, compared with an original government estimate of 13,000.
A further 50,000 workers are also expected in the UK from Romania and Bulgaria following the accession of two countries to the EU last month.
UK hospitality firms have been urged to beware of breaching discrimination laws when recruiting and employing eastern European workers.
When a hefty round of investment
coincided with the pandemic, the
CEO of Midtown Athletic Clubs
feared the company – founded by
his grandfather – would go down
on his watch. He talks to Kath
Hudson about the pressure to
keep the business afloat
Consumers’ growing love of strength training is to be welcomed, as this long-neglected modality has a renaissance, however, it’s vital we continue to make the case for cardio
The European fitness sector is beating pre-pandemic numbers according to the 11th annual European Health & Fitness Market Report 2024 from Deloitte and EuropeActive, as Karsten Hollasch reports
Complaints about group exercise have become a thing of the past for the Reynolds Group
thanks to its partnership with CoverMe, a digital platform that simplifies group exercise
and PT management for clubs and instructors.
Operators warned against discriminating foreign workers
By Helen Patenall
UK hospitality firms have been urged to beware of breaching discrimination laws when recruiting and employing eastern European workers.
Justin Beevor, a partner at law firm Mace & Jones, said: “Although testing an applicant’s standard of written and oral English may seem like common sense to an employer, the test could be seen as a barrier to employment if the job description doesn’t require any given standard. The same tests must also be applied to all candidates regardless of their national origins.”
Beevor has also urged employers to check all prospective workers’ passports and ensure copies are kept on file for possible defence against a charge of employing an illegal migrant worker. However, “checking one job applicant’s paperwork, because they have a foreign accent but not another’s who has no accent, would be discriminatory.”
Around 600,000 eastern Europeans have migrated to Britain since the European Union expanded in 2004, compared with an original government estimate of 13,000.
A further 50,000 workers are also expected in the UK from Romania and Bulgaria following the accession of two countries to the EU last month.
UK hospitality firms have been urged to beware of breaching discrimination laws when recruiting and employing eastern European workers.
When a hefty round of investment
coincided with the pandemic, the
CEO of Midtown Athletic Clubs
feared the company – founded by
his grandfather – would go down
on his watch. He talks to Kath
Hudson about the pressure to
keep the business afloat
Consumers’ growing love of strength training is to be welcomed, as this long-neglected modality has a renaissance, however, it’s vital we continue to make the case for cardio
The European fitness sector is beating pre-pandemic numbers according to the 11th annual European Health & Fitness Market Report 2024 from Deloitte and EuropeActive, as Karsten Hollasch reports
Complaints about group exercise have become a thing of the past for the Reynolds Group
thanks to its partnership with CoverMe, a digital platform that simplifies group exercise
and PT management for clubs and instructors.