... SDA describes the forms of discrimination to which the SDA applies. Direct sex discrimination This is where a woman (or man) is treated less favourably than a person of the opposite sex in comparable circumstances is, or would be, because of her (or his) sex. Indirect sex discrimination In the employment field This is where a provision criterion or practice is applied (or would be applied) to both sexes but which puts one sex (or married persons) at a particular disadvantage and cannot be shown to be a proportionate means of meeting a legitimate aim. For example, a requirement to work full-time might be unlawful discrimination against women. In other fields covered by the SDA Indirect sex discrimination occurs when a condition or requirement is applied equally to both women and men but, in fact, it affects a significantly greater proportion of women than men (or vice versa) and is not justifiable on objective grounds unrelated ...

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