Equality and Human Rights Commission

If you are applying for a job, equality law applies to what the employer you are applying to does at every stage of the recruitment process.

Equality law applies:

• whatever the size of the organisation
• whatever sector a job is in
• whether an employer is taking on their first worker or their hundred and first
• whether or not the employer uses any formal processes like application forms, shortlisting or interviewing.

Pages in this section include:

Core guidance: Recruitment

Job Adverts

Information about what the job involves and what skills, qualities and experience a person will need to do it

Application forms and CVs

The shortlisting process

Interviews, meetings and tests

Your rights if you are pregnant of on maternity leave

Monitoring forms

Positive action in recruitment

This guide also contains standard information you are likely to need to understand what we tell you about recruitment:

Information about when you are responsible for what other people do, such as your employees

Information about making reasonable adjustments to remove barriers for disabled people who work for you or apply for a job with you

Advice on what to do if someone says they’ve been discriminated against

A glossary of words to help you understand this guidance

Information on where to find more advice and support