Commentary on Sections Schedule 9: Work: exceptions Effect
794.This paragraph allows an employer with an ethos based on religion or belief to discriminate in relation to work by applying a requirement to be of a particular religion or belief, but only if, having regard to that ethos:
	being of that religion or belief is a requirement for the work (this requirement must not be a sham or pretext); and
	applying the requirement is proportionate so as to achieve a legitimate aim.
795.It is for an employer to show that it has an ethos based on religion or belief by reference to such evidence as the organisation’s founding constitution.