Discrimination

Question 1

Direct discrimination

Answer 1

Means treating individuals less favourably because of their protectedcharacteristic. e.g. refusing to accept the booking of a same sex couple at a bed andbreakfast.

Question 2

Indirect discrimination

Answer 2

Where a service, criteria or practice is applied to everyone but itdisadvantages some people more than others because of their protected characteristics.

Question 3

Discrimination by perception

Answer 3

Treating a person less favourably on the assumption that they have a particular protected characteristic, irrespective of whether this is the case.

Question 4

Discrimination by association

Answer 4

Treating a person less favourably because their parent, sibling, carer or friend has a protected characteristic.e.g treating a person less favourably because their parents is Muslim is discrimination byassociation.