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Another day in the UK....
'A Labour council has been accused of telling staff to take a 'privilege' test asking if they shop at Waitrose or if English is their first language in its efforts to fight unconscious bias against ethnic **********.
It is claimed that Westminster City Council wants to increase recruitment of 'global majority' candidates for senior positions and also make sure there is at least one ethnic minority candidate on shortlists for jobs.
However, a council spokesperson has denied this is being achieved by forcing staff to sit the 'privilege' test, saying 'that is simply not true'.
This is despite documents seen by the Telegraph revealing a council test that assesses staff's social advantage by gaining or losing points in an online quiz based on questions such as whether your parents read to you, if you drive a new car, and if you have never been stopped and searched by police.
Questions asked also include if their first language is English, if you have to take annual leave for religious holidays and if you food shop at Waitrose or Marks and Spencer.
Managers who don't include global majority candidates in their shortlist will have to contact the council's chief executive, Stuart Love, to 'discuss your decision making before proceeding further'.
The checklist scores points of +5 if English is your first language, if your parents read to you when you were young, if you drive a new car, if you have a designer handbag, if you are confident someone could bail you out financially and if you shop at Waitrose or Marks and Spencer.'
Another day in the UK....
'A Labour council has been accused of telling staff to take a 'privilege' test asking if they shop at Waitrose or if English is their first language in its efforts to fight unconscious bias against ethnic **********.
It is claimed that Westminster City Council wants to increase recruitment of 'global majority' candidates for senior positions and also make sure there is at least one ethnic minority candidate on shortlists for jobs.
However, a council spokesperson has denied this is being achieved by forcing staff to sit the 'privilege' test, saying 'that is simply not true'.
This is despite documents seen by the Telegraph revealing a council test that assesses staff's social advantage by gaining or losing points in an online quiz based on questions such as whether your parents read to you, if you drive a new car, and if you have never been stopped and searched by police.
Questions asked also include if their first language is English, if you have to take annual leave for religious holidays and if you food shop at Waitrose or Marks and Spencer.
Managers who don't include global majority candidates in their shortlist will have to contact the council's chief executive, Stuart Love, to 'discuss your decision making before proceeding further'.
The checklist scores points of +5 if English is your first language, if your parents read to you when you were young, if you drive a new car, if you have a designer handbag, if you are confident someone could bail you out financially and if you shop at Waitrose or Marks and Spencer.'