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Celestina Mba, a devout Christian worked for Merton Council at the Brightwell children's centre in Morden until she claims she was forced to resign in June 2010 after being told she had to work on Sundays.
Miss Mba claimed that "Christianity requires Sundays off. The Bible asks us to remember the Sabbath day and to keep it holy." She therefore refused to work on a Sunday and claims that after th
Blog Article | Last updated: 24/02/2012 09:23:00
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Last week the Court of Appeal confirmed that Christian hotel owners Peter and Hazelmary Bull discriminated against civil partners Steven Preddy and Martyn Hall by refusing to allow them to share a double bed in 2008.
At their hotel in Cornwall Mr and Mrs Bull had operated a strict policy refusing double bedrooms to unmarried couples. In January 2011 the hotel owners were ordered to pay £3,600 in
Blog Article | Last updated: 13/02/2012 11:57:00
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Protection from discrimination
Discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief was first introduced under the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003. These regulations were repealed and replaced on 1 October 2010 by the Eq
Discrimination HR Resources | Last updated: 17/01/2012 15:41:00
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1. Make sure you treat the request for holiday fairly and sympathetically using a consistent approach.
2. Is it made clear, either in the employment contract or a staff handbook, that taking holiday is subject to approval and that you reserve
Discrimination HR Resources | Last updated: 16/01/2012 16:04:00
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The Birmingham Employment Tribunal is being asked to rule whether vicar Reverend Sharp is entitled to bring an unfair dismissal claim against the Diocese of Worcester.
After moving to the idyllic rural parish of Teme Valley South in January 2005, Reverend Sharpe alleges that he was subjected to a campaign of ‘intimidation from toxic parishioners’ which led to him developing stress-re
Blog Article | Last updated: 24/11/2011 10:57:00
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It was decided in JGE v English Province of Our Lady of Charity that the Catholic Church could be found to be vicariously liable for the actions of a priest. Interestingly, this arose despite the fact that the relationship between the Church and a priest is often saidto not be ‘akin to employment’.
The claimant alleged that a priest had sexually abused her while she was a
Blog Article | Last updated: 10/11/2011 14:37:00
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As we are now over half way through 2011, we take a look back at some of our favourite cases so far this year. It's perhaps a sign of the times that these involve redundancies, company administrations, and the use of social media as well as tricky questions of a philosophical nature..
News Article | Last updated: 03/08/2011 15:04:00
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The Equality and Human Rights Commission is seeking to intervene in four cases being heard by the European Court of Human rights involving religious discrimination in the workplace.
If given permission to intervene, the Commission will argue that the way in which judges are interpreting anti-discrimination legislation in the UK is insufficient to protect freedom of religion or belief.
According to the Commission, the courts have set the bar too high from someone to prove that they have been discriminated against because of religion or belief. The Commission is seeking to establish that it is possible to accommodate expression of religion alongside the rights of non-religious people and the needs of businesses. The Commission is also critical of what it perceives to be a growing body of confusing and contradictory case law, making it difficult for employers to know what they should be doing to protect people from discrimination related to religion or belief.
The Commission is calling for clearer legal principles to help the courts decide what is and is not justifiable in religion or belief cases, and is proposing the idea of "reasonable accommodations" that will help employers manage how they allow people to manifest their religion or belief.
John Wadham, Group Director of Legal at the Commission, says, "The idea of making reasonable adjustments to accommodate a person's needs has served disability discrimination law well for decades. It seems reasonable that a similar concept could be adopted to allow someone to manifest their religious beliefs."
Blog Article | Last updated: 18/07/2011 12:12:00
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An employee has failed to convince a Tribunal that his belief that the US and UK Governments were behind the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and 7/7 amount to a "philosophical belief"
Blog Article | Last updated: 18/07/2011 10:16:00
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In Chatwal v Wandsworth Borough Council (2011), the EAT considered whether the requirement for staff to clean a communal fridge as a condition of its use amounted to indirect religious discrimination.
Blog Article | Last updated: 18/07/2011 10:05:00
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