UK Employment Law: Analyzing Discrimination Against Foreign Workers

This report provides an appraisal of employment law in the UK concerning discrimination faced by foreigners. It begins by defining employment law and its importance in regulating the relationship between workers and employers, emphasizing the clarity it brings to workplace dynamics. The report then focuses on the discrimination experienced by migrants due to nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or accent, highlighting that such discrimination extends beyond race and ethnicity to include factors like foreign qualifications and accents. The Equality Act 2010 is discussed as a key piece of anti-discrimination legislation. Various types of discrimination, including direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, and victimization, are classified. The report notes the diversity within the migrant population and how cultural and ethnic differences can affect experiences of discrimination, with groups more distinct from the local majority facing greater challenges. Finally, the report outlines measures employers in the UK can take to prevent discrimination, such as implementing policies and frameworks that ensure fair opportunities. It concludes by reiterating the importance of employment law in protecting employee rights and employer interests, emphasizing the shared responsibility of both parties in preventing workplace discrimination.

Discrimination faced by foreigners in
the UK- an appraisal of Employment
law

Table of Contents
• Employment law
• Importance of Employment law
• Discrimination
• Equality Act
• Types of discrimination
• Discrimination against foreign nationals
• How to prevent it?
• Conclusion
• References

Employment law
The employment law mainly regulates
relationship between the workers as well
as the employers at the workplace. This
legislation is very complicated as an
individual , may be classified as the
worker, employee or the independent
contractor.

Importance of Employment law
The employment law is very essential as
it protects the rights of the employees
and safeguards the interest of the
employers. The main aim of it is mainly
to bring the clarity about the working
relationships to each and everyone who
is being involved at the workplace.

Discrimination against foreigners in UK
The migrants often experiences the discrimination because of their
nationality, ethnicity, language, religion or the accent. The migrant
experiences the discrimination for many reasons, few of which may affect
the people and minorities of ethnic. It is not because of the characteristics
like race and ethnicity but also the factors which specifically affects the
people who are born as foreigners like having the foreign qualification as
well as the foreign accent.

Equality Act covering migrant
discrimination
The term migrant is being used in a different context and in a different
manner. It mainly refers to the one who is born in a foreign nationality
regardless as to whether they may have become the citizens of UK. The
Equality Act 2010 provides the anti discrimination law and protects the
people from the discrimination at the workplace.

Types of Discrimination
There are various discriminating
behaviour which are being classified in
various ways and includes the following-
• Direct discrimination
• Indirect discrimination
• Harassment
• Victimisation

Discrimination against foreign nationals in UK
There are migrant population which is diverse in UK not because of their
ethnic origin or the national origin but also due to their educational or
economic backgrounds. These differences may affect their perception or
the experience of the discrimination. For instance the studies have mainly
shown that the migrant groups that are ethnically and culturally more of the
distinct from local majority population are likely to experience the
discrimination more than the one who are more alike.

How to prevent the discrimination
There are many ways in which the
employers in UK can prevent the
discrimination against the foreigners
which includes the following
• Policies and frameworks
• Fair opportunity

Conclusion
It is concluded from this PPT that the employment law is aimed to provide the
rights to the employees and also safeguards the interest of every employer. It
is a duty of both the employer as well as the employee to prevent the
discrimination at the workplace.

References
• Bernhard S, and Bernhard S, 'Do EU Anti-Discrimination Provisions
Make A Difference?' (2016) 45 Zeitschrift für Soziologie
• Lehmann-Hasemeyer S, and Streb J, Discrimination Against Foreigners
• Feess E, Feld J, and Noy S, 'People Judge Discrimination Against
Women More Harshly Than Discrimination Against Men – Does
Statistical Fairness Discrimination Explain Why?' (2021) 12 Frontiers in
Psychology
• 'Action Against Foreigners' (1983) 17 Patterns of Prejudice

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