(a) Training and encouraging recruitment – Sex Discrimination Act 1975 : Section 48 of the Sex Discrimination Act (SDA) 1975, covers employers or trade unions giving training to existing workers or members, or positive encouragement in and beyond the workforce or membership to take up particular work. In addition, it allows trade unions (but not employers) to encourage women to become members. Section 47 covers any person giving positive encouragement or training to women.

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(a) Training and encouraging recruitment – Sex Discrimination Act 1975

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The discrimination in relation to which this subsection applies may result from confining the training to persons who have been discharging domestic or family responsibilities, or from the way persons are selected for training, or both.