Petition Make 'name blind' recruitment a legal requirement

The Equality Act 2010 made discrimination based on race, religion, gender, disability and sexual orientation illegal.

Yet employers routinely discriminate against those with a foriegn sounding name on their cvs despite them having identical qualifications to other candidates. This must end now.

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A recent BBC report stated that candidates with an ‘English-sounding name’ could be offered three times the number of interviews than an applicant with a Muslim name with the same qualifications.

Similarly, those with African or Caribbean sounding names are equally discriminated against as are women:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/38751307?client=ms-android-orange-gb.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/34636464?client=ms-android-orange-gb.

This creates an unequal society for UK citizens.

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Date closed 3 May 2017
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