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27.05.13

Retailers displaying 'lads' mags' could face discrimination claims

A number of leading human rights lawyers have called on supermarkets and other retailers to withdraw ‘lads’ mags’ from their stores. The magazines typically feature scantily-clad women on their covers.  In an open letter to The Guardian the lawyers claim that exposing staff to such publications may constitute sexual harassment and sex discrimination contrary to the Equality Act 2010. The letter states…