Equality Act: Red tape versus rights

Kevin Palmer considers the potential impact of the government’s plans to repeal three key anti-discrimination provisions 45,000 and 60,000 employer hours per year are being assigned to completing discrimination questionnaires. In the government’s view, this hinders business market freedom, with valuable man hours wasted on potentially spurious claims. Following separate reviews of equality legislation under …
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Cases Referenced

  • Crisp v Iceland Foods Ltd [2011] ET/1604478/11
  • Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle v Delambre [2010] UKEAT/0563/10/RN
  • Why v Enfield Grammar School [2011] ET/3303944/11