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Does an employer have a legal obligation to collect information on the race and ethnicity of new employees?

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Published on: 28 October 2019
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There is no legal requirement for an employer to collect information (eg by the use of Monitoring forms) to find out personal information about its job applicants and their Protected characteristics as part of the recruitment process. However, guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) suggests that it is good practice for an employer to do so in order to:

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    see who has applied for the job and who has been selected, in terms of their protected characteristics

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    then compare who has applied for jobs against the profile of jobseekers in the local

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The measurement of radiation levels, concentrations, surface area concentrations or quantities of radioactive material and the use of the results of these measurements to evaluate potential exposures and doses.

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