Comments on SURVIVEIN' TRINIDAD: Excuuuuse Me, Employer Confidential??!!!!

Very nice, TR. I look forward to reading your piec...

2011-03-31T19:12:04.778-04:00

Very nice, TR. I look forward to reading your piece :)

You beat me to this post. I'll be doing a more...

2011-03-30T15:27:10.224-04:00

You beat me to this post. I'll be doing a more in-depth analysis very soon. My dissertation is also on this topic.

So we do have an Equal Opportunity Act and Equal O...

2010-10-31T12:55:44.185-04:00

So we do have an Equal Opportunity Act and Equal Opportunity Commission. I always wondered because some of the ads I read makes me shake my head!!!

Oh I certainly understand why no one would fault y...

2010-10-16T01:20:36.176-04:00

Oh I certainly understand why no one would fault you. There's a certain assumption of safety with female tenants, and in a country like Trinidad where crime is a major factor, most people would lean towards whatever option they deem safer/safest.

The question then is "Is it legal to reject someone looking for housing on the grounds of their sex?"

Even the EOA seems to acknowledge that in cases of accommodation (18.3) there are some exemptions.

The problem is that these exemptions aren't completely clear. I'm still trying to figure out if:

(3) Nothing in this section applies to—
(a) the provision by a person of accommodation in any premises if that person or a relative of his resides, and intends to continue to reside, on the premises;

means that as long as I live on the premises I'm allowed to reject a prospective tenant because he's Muslim, or from Laventille, or in a wheelchair...

I sure hope it doesn't...

In the case of renting an apt to a particular sex,...

2010-10-15T23:15:07.995-04:00

In the case of renting an apt to a particular sex, I cannot fault someone for wanting either of the sexes in particular. Most likely the availability is due to neighbours or the associated tenants/landlord preferring female based upon unprinted criteria. For example, I have a 12 yr old daughter. If I were to rent a room, it would definitely go to a female tenant, and here in the UK, no one would fault me for that.