Race-specific conduct

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  Sidhu v Aerospace Composite Technology [2000] IRLR 602 CA (1 other report)

  • Race discrimination: Application of unfair disciplinary policy was not race specific

    Date:

    15 June 2000

    In Aerospace Composite Technology Ltd v Sidhu, the Court of Appeal holds that an employer's application of its disciplinary policy of disregarding all provocation when deciding what penalty to impose, to a Sikh employee who had reacted violently to a racial attack on him, was not race-specific conduct. That could not result in a finding of less favourable treatment of the employee on racial grounds than other persons without proof of more favourable treatment of comparators in the same circumstances.