Part III: Multiple choice questions

. Which of the following is not a ground for claiming discrimination?

Being overweight

Marital status

Part time workers

Being Welsh

. Which of the following is generally unlawful in the UK?

Discrimination claims on ground of hair colour.

Positive action.

Discrimination against someone who is clinically depressed.

Discrimination on grounds of regional accent.

. Which of the following is not an argument commonly deployed by critics of discrimination laws?

Unfair discrimination is economically inefficient and thus does not require regulation.

Anti-discrimination law harms groups it is intended to protect.

Discrimination law interferes with principles of liberty.

Discrimination law fails to deter employers from discriminating unfairly.

. What is being described here?

Formal equality

Substantive equality

Equality of opportunity

Equality of results

. Michaela wishes to bring an action for sex discrimination. How long does she have to bring a claim from the date of the discriminatory act?

28 days

3 months

6 weeks

6 months

. Which of the following is not an element of establishing direct sex discrimination?

Less favourable treatment

On grounds of the complainant's sex

Compared with a person of the opposite sex

Which can be justified

. In cases of direct sex discrimination a comparator has to:

Be of the same sex as the complainant

Have been employed exactly the same length of time as the complainant

Be a real person

Share all the relevant circumstances and attributes of the claimant

. Which of the following is not an occupational requirement?

Female lavatory attendant for female toilets

Female sales person on a make up counter

Male prison officer in male prison

Female counsellor in women's shelter

. Which statement in relation to indirect discrimination is not true?

Indirect discrimination has to have a motive

Indirect discrimination can be justified

Indirect discrimination can happen even if the employer is unaware of it occurring

Indirect discrimination is similar to the US disparate impact

. The Equality Act 2010 permits:

discrimination against ex-offenders

discrimination against transsexuals.

discrimination against civil partners.

discrimination against pregnant women.

. The comparator for a civil partner or married person is:

the person to whom that person is married or a civil partner.

a person of the same sex who is also married or a civil partner.

a person who is not married or a civil partner irrespective of that person's sex.

a person of the same sex who is not married or a civil partner.

. Which of the following is an untrue statement?

An employer cannot discriminate against someone who is undergoing treatment for gender reassignment.

An employer can refuse to allow a man who likes dressing as a woman but has had no treatment to use the ladies' toilets.

An employer cannot refuse to allow someone who has had gender reassignment surgery to wear a skirt, even if women in the organisation are have to wear trousers.

An employer has to allow a person who has changed sex to be referred to by his or her new name.

. Which of the following is true?

A pregnant woman who is discriminated against does not need a comparator.

A pregnant woman has to be compared with a sick man.

A pregnant woman has to have one year's service with her employer before she can bring a claim.

Pregnancy discrimination is an area where the European Court has had no input.

. Which of the following is a true statement?

The Equality Act equalises levels of pay between men and women.

To bring a claim under the equal pay section of the Equality Act a woman has to find either a real live comparator, or a hypothetical one.

An employer can deploy the 'material factor' defence against a claim for equal pay.

'pay' in the Act means only the basic wage or salary, and does not include other matters such as sick pay, maternity pay, etc.

. Which of the following statements concerning the introduction of equal value principles after 1983 is true?

The pay gap between men and women narrowed.

Cases became less complex.

Job evaluation schemes became less commonly used.

Equal pay law was simplified.

. Which of the following will not generally be accepted as the basis of a material factor defence in an equal pay case brought by a woman?

The male comparator has higher qualifications.

The male comparator asked for a higher salary on his appointment.

The male comparator works longer hours.

The male comparator has been employed for longer.

. Which of the following statements about remedies in equal pay cases is accurate?

Sometimes claimants are awarded higher pay than their comparators.

Unlimited back pay can be won by claimants.

Interest is not added to calculations of the back pay owed.

There is no cap on the amount of compensation that can be won.

. The Part Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations apply to:

employees

self-employed

night work

workers

. The Fixed-Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002 apply to:

employees only

Self-employed only

agency workers only

workers only

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