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…
As the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill wends its way through parliament, the government keeps adding miscellaneous bits and bobs to it. Perhaps most noteworthy are the proposals to implement regulation of the Press post-Leveson by inserting amendments which appear entirely out of context, primarily because that is precisely what they are! New employment law…
In Redfearn v UK, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled on whether an employee who was an elected BNP councillor was entitled to protection from dismissal on the grounds of his political associations. Arthur Redfearn was disabled and drove a bus for disabled people. He was rated as "first class employee" by…