Irish Catholic schools required to treat homosexuals equally in hiring teachers

December 04, 2015

Ireland’s parliament, the Oireachtas has passed legislation that will require Catholic schools to give equal opportunity in hiring to homosexual teachers.

Amending the Employment Equality Act, the Irish lawmakers removed an existing provision that allowed institutions to invoke “certain religious values” as a defense against discrimination complaints.

The new legislation also applies to Catholic hospitals and other institutions that receive public funding.

 

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Further information:

• Equality law protections extended to religious-run schools and hospitals (Irish Legal News)