Race discrimination

New and updated

• Date:

  22 June 2016

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Race discrimination: immigration status does not equate to nationality under Equality Act 2010

  The Supreme Court has held that the mistreatment of two migrant workers on the basis of their immigration status did not amount to race discrimination.

• Date:

  1 March 2016

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  David Malamatenios is a partner in the employment department at Colman Coyle Solicitors. He rounds up the latest rulings.

• Date:

  27 January 2016

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Amanda Steadman is a professional support lawyer, Iain Naylor, Lucy Sorell and Rachael Wake are associates, and Jessica-Alice Curtis is a trainee solicitor at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.

• Date:

  1 November 2015

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Jessica Alice-Curtis is a trainee solicitor, Lucy Melville is a paralegal and Nigel Cousin, David Rintoul and Rachael Wake are associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.

• Date:

  1 October 2015

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  David Malamatenios is a partner and Sandra Martins, Krishna Santra and Colin Makin are senior associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

• Date:

  24 September 2015

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Caste discrimination claimant awarded £183,774 in unpaid wages

  A claimant who brought a groundbreaking caste discrimination case has been awarded £183,774 for unlawful deductions from wages, with further compensation to come for race discrimination.

• Date:

  22 September 2015

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Equality Act 2010: EAT case suggests victimisation by association is possible

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has suggested that the victimisation provisions in the Equality Act 2010 extend to claims of discrimination by association.

• Date:

  25 June 2015

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Indirect discrimination: claimants required to show the "reason why" they are disadvantaged

  The Court of Appeal has held that it is necessary in indirect discrimination claims for the claimant to show why the provision, criterion or practice (PCP) has disadvantaged the group and the individual claimant.

• Date:

  1 March 2015

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Race discrimination: Caste discrimination is capable of falling within the meaning of race discrimination

  In Chandok and another v Tirkey [2015] IRLR 195 EAT, the EAT held that discrimination on the ground of caste is capable of falling within the meaning of race discrimination in s.9(1) of the Equality Act 2010.

• Date:

  1 February 2015

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Carly Mather is a managing associate, Gerri Hurst and Lucy Sorrell are associates, Mona Jackson is a trainee solicitor and Richard Branson is a paralegal at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.