Religious Equality – On This Day in 1976

July 30 1976EQUAL opportunity in employment for persons of different religious beliefs is provided for in legislation which comes into effect in Northern Ireland on December 1 next.The Fair Employment Act and the Industrial Relations Order which come into operation, with some limited exceptions, on October 1, bring law in Northern Ireland in the employment and related fields into line with that of Britain.The Fair Employment (NI) Act makes religious and political discrimination in employment, discriminatory advertising, or inducing a person to discriminate in employment on religious or political grounds, unlawful.The Act establishes the Fair Employment Agency, charged with reviewing patterns and trends of employment and investigating employment practices, in order to identify those which d