Is it unlawful for singles clubs to exclude couples?
Yes it is unlawful for a club to refuse membership because of a person’s marital status. I am a single teacher working in a remote area. I have to share a house with other colleagues who are single, although I would prefer to live on my own. A married colleague who has children has been allocated a house to live in. Is this discrimination on the ground of my marital status? Not necessarily. The Act allows employers to provide different standards of accommodation to employees in accordance with the size of their household where it is unreasonable to expect the employer to provide all employees with the same standard of accommodation.
