Phrases such as "5 years experience" will have to be shown as essential to 
the job description, not simply a bar as we used to see in racial 
discrimination, (asking for qualifications that weren't relevant in order 
to exclude a section of the population).  Employers will need to be sure 
that the requirements are genuinely relevant.

There is a very interesting discussion of all the implications at 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/audio/41278000/rm/_41278764_age11_11_05.ram 
(it's a 'listen again' feature of their programme 'Law in Action' If the 
long url doesn't work, this shorter one will get you there: 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/law_in_action/4429220.stm 

Listen again is only available for one week from the broadcast (Friday 11 
September 2006)

Jim Roberts

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