Discrimination Law Update - 8th June 2009

Posted On: 15 June 2009

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Employment Law Seminar for Perth Faculty
8 June 2008
Discrimination Law Update
Derek O’Carroll, Advocate

Introduction
1. traditional areas discrimination law

2. now added to by
• religion or belief
• sexual orientation
• age

3. see
• Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003, SI 2003/1660
• Equality Act 2006, Part 2 (religion or belief)
• Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003, SI 2003/1661
• Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007, SI 2007/1263
• Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, SI 2006/1031

4. future: Equality Bill 2009

Case law update in the new strands
5. religion or belief
• London Borough of Islington v Ladele [2009] IRLR 154. Registrar of Births Deaths and marriages: objection to civil partnerships. Not discrimination.

• McClintock v DCA [2008] IRLR 20. JP: objection to gay couple adoption. Not discrimination.

• Saini v All Saints Haque Centre [2009] IRLR 74. Discrimination by association upheld.

• Eweida v British Airways plc [2009] IRLR 78. Uniformed employee; Christian. Insisted wearing cross visibly. Not discrimination

• Chondol v Liverpool City Council, unreported. EAT 11 Feb 2009. Christian social worker. Dismissed after proselytising with clients: not discrimination.

• Nicholson v Grainger, unreported. ET decision ET/2203367/08. Belief in climate change and environmentalism etc. was qualifying belief.

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