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- Date:
- 2 December 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Supreme Court has held that the owners of a bed and breakfast, whose religious beliefs include that sexual relations outside heterosexual marriage are sinful, could not justify their refusal to give civil partners a room with a double bed, in this important discrimination case on the conflict between sexual orientation laws and the right to manifest religious beliefs.
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- Date:
- 1 July 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
David Malamatenios is a partner, and Colin Makin, Krishna Santra, Sandra Martins and Melissa Powys-Rodrigues are solicitors at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 21 August 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Bivonas LLP and other v Bennett EAT/0254/11, the EAT held that an employment tribunal was entitled to find that “offensive and insulting” homophobic comments in a written memorandum plainly constituted a detriment to the gay lawyer who was the subject of the comments.
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- Date:
- 2 August 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In this tribunal decision, an employee who suffered workplace abuse successfully claimed sexual orientation and religion or belief harassment, despite being heterosexual and not declaring his religious beliefs.
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- Date:
- 25 July 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
This week's case of the week, provided by DLA Piper, covers sexual orientation discrimination.
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- Date:
- 23 July 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
This decision is a reminder to employers and employees that it is possible for a heterosexual employee to be subjected to sexual orientation discrimination, even if the harasser knows that the employee is not gay.
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- Date:
- 1 March 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
David Malamatenios and Georgina Kyriacou are partners, and Krishna Santra, Colin Makin and Sandra Martins are associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 6 February 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that the employment tribunal was entitled to find that a gay barrister was discriminated against when he discovered a memorandum that made derogatory comments about his sexual orientation.
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- Date:
- 12 July 2011
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Court of Appeal has held that a gay employee, who had revealed his sexual orientation at his previous office, was not discriminated against at his new office when his manager mentioned his sexual orientation to, and in front of, colleagues.
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- Date:
- 20 April 2011
- Type:
- Employment law cases
This case is a good example of inappropriate workplace behaviour that is tolerated by employers, but which constitutes unlawful discrimination.