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- Date:
- 10 August 2022
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
Two recent high-profile rulings have something important to say about direct religion or belief discrimination. However, both deal with a controversial topic - how an employer should deal with an employee who does not accept its approach to trans rights - so it is easy to miss that lying behind the controversy an important legal principle is being fought over, says consultant editor Darren Newman.
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- Type:
- Leading practice guides
Leading practice guide discussing the key issues associated with religion and belief in the workplace and identifying the steps that employers can take to address these issues fairly while supporting the needs of the business.
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- Type:
- Leading practice guides
Leading practice guide discussing the key issues associated with religion and belief in the workplace and identifying the steps that employers can take to address these issues fairly while supporting the needs of the business.
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- Date:
- 20 July 2022
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Reilly v RT Management Bridgeton Ltd, an employment tribunal held that a line manager's failure to address an employee's request to have a sanitary waste disposal bin placed in the staff toilet because she was "the only female of menstruating age who used the toilet" constituted sex discrimination.
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- Date:
- 8 July 2022
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Forstater v CGD Europe and others, an employment tribunal held that a consultant researcher was discriminated against when a think tank ended its relationship with her because of her gender-critical belief, which she had expressed on Twitter.
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- Date:
- 10 March 2021
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Page v NHS Trust Authority, the Court of Appeal held that the reason for disciplinary action and "termination" of office was because the director, a "devout" Christian, had expressed his views on homosexuality and same-sex adoption in the media, not because he held those views.
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- Date:
- 3 February 2021
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Higgs v Farmor's School, an employment tribunal considered whether or not an employee's belief opposing gender fluidity constituted a philosophical belief within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010.
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- Type:
- Quick reference
Updated to reflect the religious discrimination awards made by employment tribunals in 2019/20.
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- Date:
- 3 February 2020
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
Consultant editor Darren Newman looks at the criteria applied by employment tribunals in recent cases to determine the sort of philosophical beliefs that should be protected by the Equality Act 2010.
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- Date:
- 31 January 2020
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Casamitjana v The League Against Cruel Sports, an employment tribunal held that ethical veganism is capable of being a philosophical belief under the Equality Act 2010.