Assessment question

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I wonder if anyone can help with my friends college work. Case study - there's a young girl 18 who works for a nail salon. Everything going great. Her manager then says he's looking for an assistant manager and the girl wishes to apply. He then tells her not to bother as he's looking for someone over 25 who also has experience. My friend has mentioned the equality act but can the boss do this? Can he not stop her applying but ultimately not give her the job if she has no experience? Next part she gets upset at his reply and he speaks to her and says she has nice legs. When she rebuffs him he says she'll now just be sweeping the floor and nothing else. This would be harassment? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Hello, is this for some kind of HR/employment law assignment? Would respectfully suggest if she's unsure she needs to ask her tutor or textbooks etc rather than getting the answers from MN, I'm sure people here could give brilliant answers but if she doesn't understand the concepts the question is asking her to work through, that won't really help her any further? Also is the question actually as you've posed it 'can the manager do this' as that's not really helpful, obviously in the most literal sense people can and do so and say these sorts of things fairly regularly. Are they 'legal', well maybe, maybe not, the law is not always black and white. What will the consequences be, again highly dependent on circumstances and the actions of the company and individuals...

To give a guide, essentially part 1 seems to be about age discrimination, and the difference between indirect and direct discrimination. An example of direct discrimination would be saying 'No black people can stay in this hotel'. An example of indirect discrimination would be saying 'We don't provide disabled access to this hotel'. Can she work out which kinds of discrimination are being shown in this case study and relate that to what the law and case law says about each (in relation to employment?)

Part 2 seems to be about victimisation and harassment. Can she look up the definitions of each, and the ACAS guidance on harassment in the workplace, and see what that says?