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Originally Posted by Vicky.

See, I dont understand this, the same as I dont understand the 'equality in the workplace' stuff, they say ethnicity doesn't matter, yet they ask on interview forms if you are british/African/chinese or whatever...why? If it doesnt matter?

Anyway, the best person for the job, should get the job simple as. I dont care if the workplace is filled with purple people...a purple person goes for a job, and a green person goes for a job, the purple happens to be more qualified. Is there any reason why the green person should get the job, just because greens are under-represented? and I purposely used dodgy colours...otherwise whichever way I put it would cause arguments...

Its the same principle though. Whoever is best for the job, should get it, simple...or you would think so

The questions about ethnicity should now be on a separate form from the job application and are actually only monitored for statistical purposes in just about all jobs. Unfortunately they are now a legal requirement.

In some areas of the public sector they are used to ensure a certain percentage of ethnic minorities are pushed through the initial screening. This is actually an illegal practice which is overlooked because of the imposed requirements set by Europe and Westminster.