Requiring candidates to have a PhD may be discriminatory – Technology Law Update

Posted December 2nd, 2014 in age discrimination, appeals, education, employment tribunals, news by sally

‘The Employment Appeal Tribunal has recently addressed an issue that is of particular interest to technology companies: could making a PhD an absolute requirement when recruiting be indirectly discriminatory against older applicants? Unfortunately the EAT did not come up with a definitive answer, but in the best academic tradition, it has reformulated the question.’

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Technology Law Update, 2nd December 2014

Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk