Trevor Phillips : Ignoring his own rules?

C_steam · 10-01-2006, 01:48 PM

Lead story in this weeks edition of personnel today:

Quote:

CRE chief backs recruiter with an unlawful no whites policy

The man tasked with stamping out racism in the UK is supporting and advising a recruitment firm that has broken the Race Relations Act by refusing to take on white candidates.

Trevor Phillips, head of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), is on the advisory board of Rare Recruitment, a company that places graduates, but only if they are "visibly from a non-white background".

The board also includes other high profile race relations campaigners such as Sandra Kerr, national director of Race for Opportunity, and Anne Watts, a member of the steering group for the proposed Commission for Equality and Human Rights.

After investigation by Personnel Today, the company pulled its website on Friday and now claims its services are open to everyone, although specialising in ethnic minority candidates.

But Phillips backed Rare Recruitment from the start, despite the Race Relations Act (1976) clearly stating that it is illegal to discriminate against someone due to the colour of their skin. This includes attempts to make up a shortfall in a particular ethnic group in the workplace through positive discrimination.

Section 14 of the Act says it is unlawful for an employment agency to discriminate against a person ïby refusing or deliberately omitting to provide any of its servicesÍ.

Raphael Mokades, managing director of Rare Recruitment, insisted that the company was only practising positive action, which is legal under the Act.

But Naomi Feinstein, partner at Lovells law firm, said that positive action only applied to the training of staff and refusing white applicants was "definitely positive discrimination". "Positive action is quite tightly defined - it relates to the provision of training where there is no one of [a certain] racial group employed doing certain work and there only will be if employers offer that training," she said.

full story at http://www.personneltoday.com/Articl...+no+whites.htm

mkpdavies · 10-01-2006, 03:32 PM

Unbelievable. Another stunning victory for the BNP.

David Holland · 10-01-2006, 04:18 PM

How can there be positive discrimination ?
Isn't that an oxymoron ?

C_steam · 10-01-2006, 04:34 PM

Indeed. As is 'Political Correctness', (or 'Happily married'

)

David Holland · 10-01-2006, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by C_steam

Indeed. As is 'Political Correctness', (or 'Happily married'

)

Speak for yourself, I am.

Hartlepool · 10-01-2006, 05:14 PM

You're what? Politically Correct? :wink:

David Holland · 11-01-2006, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Hartlepool

You're what? Politically Correct? :wink:

Sorry I meant happily married.

PC is just another term for newspeak (TM George Orwell).
Believe me no one who is PC votes UKIP !

Aardvark · 12-01-2006, 01:46 AM

Surely some police constables do vote for UKIP? :roll:

brian pearson · 20-01-2006, 12:05 PM

Always amazed me how they get away with having The Black Police Officers Association. In these days when you cannot even have a male only social club without a bunch of right on females protesting about it.

English · 20-01-2006, 04:13 PM

[quote=". In these days when you cannot even have a male only social club without a bunch of right on females protesting about it.[/quote]

I haven't had any Females protesting out side my Lodge lately :wink:

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David Holland Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,319	How can there be positive discrimination ? Isn't that an oxymoron ?

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Hartlepool Uber Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern England Posts: 7,105 Party: Free England Party	You're what? Politically Correct? :wink:

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brian pearson Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: nottinghanshire Posts: 824	Always amazed me how they get away with having The Black Police Officers Association. In these days when you cannot even have a male only social club without a bunch of right on females protesting about it.

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English Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 38	[quote=". In these days when you cannot even have a male only social club without a bunch of right on females protesting about it.[/quote] I haven't had any Females protesting out side my Lodge lately :wink: