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Employers: quick start guide to the ban on questions about health and disability during recruitment

This quick start guide is intended to help employers and job applicants understand new provisions in the Equality Act which prevent employers…

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Government Equalities Office
Published
22 June 2011

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This quick start guide is intended to help employers and job applicants understand new provisions in the Equality Act which prevent employers asking job applicants questions about health or disability during early stages of the recruitment process. It explains the types of questions that are not allowed at these stages and situations when questions about health and disability are permitted.

Date: Wed Jun 22 15:59:08 BST 2011

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Published 22 June 2011