Equal Opportunity

Equal Opportunity:
Discrimination can also be unlawful when there is a policy or way of doing things that appears fair on the surface, but which has an unequal effect on certain groups of people.
For it to be unlawful, the requirement must be also unreasonable.
This type of conduct is known as indirect discrimination.
Case study
Deanne, who is blind, wanted to pay for her groceries by cheque. The store required her to produce a driver's licence for identification. Being ineligible for a licence due to her vision impairment, Deanne could not comply. Although she offered several other satisfactory forms of identification, the manager would not accept them and she was not allowed to buy the goods. The store has indirectly discriminated against Deanne because of her disability.