Discriminatory Advertisements

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The DDA already prohibits employers and others covered by the scope of Part 2 of the DDA (employment provisions) from publishing, or causing to be published, a discriminatory advertisement inviting applications for a job, training or other benefit.

The DDO extends the scope of the prohibition to cover third party publishers, such as newspapers, who publish a discriminatory advertisement on behalf of another. There is a defence for third party publishers if they can prove that, in publishing an advertisement, they relied on a statement about the lawfulness of the advertisement made by the person who placed it. It also makes it an offence for a person knowingly or recklessly to make a false or misleading statement about the lawfulness of an advertisement, carrying on summary conviction a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (currently £5000).

For more information on discriminatory advertisments, look at the Code of Practice for Employment and Occupations:
Download 'Employment and Occupation - Disability Code of Practice, 2005' (PDF version) |
Download 'Employment and Occupation - Disability Code of Practice, 2005' (Microsoft Word version)

You can find further information here:
Download PDF version of 'Asking employees and job applicants about disability' - Fact Sheet 7 - Revised, 2006 (PDF version) |
Download MS Word version 'Asking employees and job applicants about disability' - Fact Sheet 7 - Revised, 2006 (Microsoft Word)