Equality Act 2010 covers post-employment victimisation, decides Court of Appeal

Victimisation: Post-employment victimisation is unlawful under the Equality Act 2010

Date:

11 October 2014

In Rowstock Ltd and another v Jessemey [2014] IRLR 368 CA, the Court of Appeal held that the apparent exclusion of post-employment victimisation from the Equality Act 2010 was the result of an inadvertent drafting error and that such conduct is indeed proscribed by the Act.