Sentence examples for genuine occupational from inspiring English sources

The sexual orientation of the holder of that post may therefore be a genuine occupational requirement.

"It may be a genuine occupational qualification to choose a black Othello or a female Desdemona, but could it be thought a genuine occupational qualification to bring a minority perspective to the business of judging in the higher courts?

Exceptions The main exception to the regulations is discrimination where there is a genuine occupational requirement (GOR).

The main exception to the regulations is discrimination where there is a genuine occupational requirement (GOR) that the holder of the job is of a particular religious belief.

Last November they issued a "reasoned opinion" which "maintains that the wording used in Regulation 7(3) is too broad, going beyond the definition of a genuine occupational requirement allowed under the directive".

The revised adverts, for national young vocations adviser and national minority ethnic vocations officer, would make clear it was a "genuine occupational requirement" for the post-holders to be Christian.

"The directive contains a strict test which must be satisfied if a difference of treatment is to be considered non-discriminatory: there must be a genuine and determining occupational requirement, the objective must be legitimate and the requirement proportionate.

Because there was no official policy banning the headscarf at Micropole, "the willingness of an employer to take account of the wishes of a customer no longer to have the services of that employer provided by a worker wearing an Islamic headscarf cannot be considered a genuine and determining occupational requirement," the court said.

The ECJ was asked to advise on whether a requirement not to wear an Islamic headscarf when providing IT consultancy services could be regarded as a "genuine and determining occupational requirement", therefore falling outside the scope of the prohibition on discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief provided for by a EU directive.

"The willingness of an employer to take account of the wishes of a customer no longer to have the services of that employer provided by a worker wearing an Islamic headscarf cannot be considered a genuine and determining occupational requirement," the court said.

Following Longhi and Brynin (2010) for period 1, we classified occupational switches as genuine only where the current job started after the last interview.