As I mentioned in the introduction to last month’s newsletter, the end of 2019 brought with it the most-talked about employment case of the year, even though it was a tribunal decision rather than coming from one of the higher courts, and is therefore not binding on other tribunals. Those (like me) who follow current…
Regular readers know that one of my favourite areas of employment law is the extent to which case law is extending the definition of what is a religion or belief for the purpose of protection from discrimination. Earlier articles have covered not telling lies, conscientious objection to abortion, wearing a poppy at work, belief in…
There seems to be a never ending stream of cases in tribunals at the moment concerning whether claims for discriminatory treatment on the ground of philosophical belief should proceed. In our October 2011 newsletter we examined some of the recent case law on the ever shifting limits of what may qualify as a philosophical belief.…