Why are some jobs open to ethnic minorities only?
The Sex Discrimination and Race Equality employment legislation allows an employer to advertise to recruit someone specifically because of their gender or race providing they can demonstrate a genuine occupational qualification. An example of this would be seeking to recruit a female carer to provide personal intimate care to a disabled young Muslim woman. This would meet the criteria because it would be culturally unacceptable for the care to be provided by a male. Very few jobs advertised by Social Services are restricted to someone from an ethnic minority.
