Tim Nicholson, the worker who successfully argued that his belief in the importance of acting to mitigate climate change is capable of being a philosophical belief for the purposes of religion or belief discrimination, has settled his case with Grainger plc, reports the BBC website.
Mr Nicholson was made redundant from Grainger plc, where he worked as head of sustainability. He subsequently brought an employment tribunal case claiming that he had been made redundant because of his belief. He argued that his belief about climate change is a "philosophical belief" under the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003.
His case went to Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), which was prompted to issue guidelines on what is likely to be a "philosophical belief" under the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003. The EAT returned the case to the employment tribunal to hear detailed evidence as to whether or not Mr Nicholson's philosophical belief was (among other things) genuine and serious enough to be protected.
However, the settlement now means that we are denied the employment tribunal's consideration of whether or not Mr Nicholson's beliefs were strong enough in this case and, if so, whether he was actually discriminated against because of them.
That will have to wait until another environmentalist brings a tribunal claim, which won't be too long if some of the more hysterical comments on the case (on the Daily Mail website) are to be believed.
UPDATE: It has been reported (on the Daily Telegraph website) that Mr Nicholson's settlement was in the region of £100,000.
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