'Perverse', 'archaic', and unfair: law allowing religious discrimination against teachers blasted by Stormont Education Committee » Humanists UK
March 4th, 2021 An exemption to equality law allowing schools in Northern Ireland to employ teachers on religious grounds is ‘perverse’, ‘archaic’, and unfair, members of the Stormont’s Education Committee said yesterday. Northern Ireland Humanists – which campaigns for equal treatment of teachers regardless of religious background – welcomed the comments and said they show it is high time for the exemption to be scrapped. The MLAs’ remarks were made during a presentation of evidence to the Committee about teacher exemption to the Fair Employment and Treatment Order (FETO) by ...
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