THE EU IS NOT TO BLAME

Yet again the British media are blaming the EU for legislation of Britain's own making. “Guardian” jounalist Claire Dyer, who should know better, has implied that the EU has “forced” new legislation into Britain concerning staff dealing with customers.

There is just one small problem - the EU directive on Equal Treatment, which she rightfully cites in her article "New sexual harassment laws to protect staff from customers" (31st March 2008), does not actually say anything about staff dealing with customers. This part of the legislation coming into force on the 6th of April is the result of the British based Equal Opportunities Commission winning a ruling in the British High Court concerning how the European directive should be implemented.

This was, therefore, purely a British based decision.