Should we use Facebook to vet potential new employees?
It can be tempting to look for potential new employees on Facebook and other social media platforms before making a job offer? People have so much of their lives online these days. However if you are going to vet them by looking at their online presence its only fair that you tell them that this […]
Is fixing holiday to school holidays indirect discrimination for certain religious groups?
Recently we were asked whether a small Pre-school’s approach to fix holidays to school holidays and only permit staff to take unpaid leave in term time if they could arrange someone to cover them was in actual fact discriminatory behaviour. The concern was that some of their staff had commented that given that they celebrated […]
Discrimination or Cultural belief?
From time to time we learn about circumstances in Pre-schools and Day Nurseries where parents are asking you to do something that makes you uncomfortable. A common one we hear of is a parent asking that you to ensure that your male member of staff doesn’t change their little girl’s nappy as in their culture, men […]
Ensuring Diversity Through Induction
Ensuring Diversity Through Induction In an industry dominated by women practitioners; men can get a really hard time of it. Not so long ago, we heard about a situation where a set of parents advised a Nursery Manager that they would not let a qualified, experienced practitioner change their baby’s nappy for no other reason that it […]