Discrimination: UK must change law on political beliefs

CMS | Employment Law Journal | December 2012/January 2013 #136
The European Court of Human Rights has held that the UK must protect employees from dismissal on grounds of political affiliation or beliefs, write Liam Kerr and Abbie McCreath If political affiliation was a protected characteristic and Mr Redfearn’s dismissal was because of his philosophical belief or political affiliation, it would not be possible for …

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Philosophical Belief: Do you believe in fairies?

Mark Levine and Laura Ford consider whether the tribunals are becoming more willing to accept claims that an employee’s beliefs have been infringed ‘The initial cases decided under the Regulations were relatively unsurprising and the beliefs put forward seem to have largely been judged by comparison to religions and religious beliefs.’ In 2003 the Employment …

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