Employment law cases

Burrett v West Birmingham Health Authority [1994] IRLR 7 EAT

Reports relating to this case:

  • Sex discrimination: Cap requirement not discriminatory

    Date:
    1 January 1994

    In Burrett v West Birmingham Health Authority the EAT upholds an industrial tribunal's decision that a female nurse, disciplined for refusing to wear a starched linen cap which male nurses did not have to wear, was not treated less favourably on grounds of sex.