Chapter 14 Multiple choice questions

. What is the name of the main Act that deals with discrimination law?

Discrimination Act 2010.

Equal Opportunities Act 2010.

Anti-discrimination Act 2010.

Equality Act 2010.

. Which organisation has responsibility for all types of discrimination and undertakes formal investigations when it believes that an employer is persistently acting unlawfully in respect of discrimination law?

Equal Opportunities Commission.

Equality and Human Rights Commission.

Commission for Racial Equality.

Disability Rights Commission.

. Which one of the following characteristics is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010?

Age.

Sexual orientation.

Gender reassignment.

Single status.

. Which of the following would not be considered discrimination under the Equality Act 2010?

Krista, a female Muslim manager has refused to employ, Abdul, a Muslim man because she does not like Muslim men.

John and Mary apply for a job as wardens of sheltered accommodation for the elderly. They are refused the jobs as they are not married.

Bob and Mel are married and apply for jobs in an accountancy firm. They are rejected because the firm feels having a married couple working in the same office would be disruptive for other members of staff.

All staff at Express Ltd. have been told they can bring their partners to the firms' annual weekend spa trip but Gary, who is homosexual, has been told not to bring Peter, his male partner as it might make other people feel uncomfortable in the spa.

. What is meant by perceptive discrimination?

Discrimination against someone because they are perceived to have a protected characteristic, although they in fact do not.

When someone thinks they are being discriminated against when in fact they are not.

Treating someone less well than someone else because of a protected characteristic.

Having a policy or practice which is more difficult for people of a particular protected characteristic to comply with.

. Having a policy or practice which is applied equally to everyone, but which it is more difficult for people of a particular protected characteristic to comply with and which cannot be justified is:

Direct discrimination.

Indirect discrimination.

Associative discrimination.

Harassment.

. What is meant by associative discrimination?

Where two or more persons have been discriminated against.

Where a person can bring a claim on the basis that he or she has two or more protected characteristics.

Where a person is discriminated against because it is perceived he has a protected characteristic.

Where someone is discriminated against because of another person that he is associated with.

. Under which one of the following Acts is an employer likely to be prosecuted for failing to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the safety and welfare at work of employees?

Health and Safety Act 1974.

The Negligence Act 1974.

Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

Safety and Welfare Act 1974.

. The workspace that employers provide has to be a safe and healthy place for:

Employees only.

Workers only.

Employees and workers only.

Employees, workers and self-employed persons.

. Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

A Health and Safety Inspector has the power to issue an employer with an improvement notice.

A Health and Safety Inspector has the power to issue an employer with a prohibition notice.

Only a local authority has the power to go to court to get an injunction to have a place of business closed down.

Failure to comply with a prohibition or improvement order is a criminal offence.

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