Discrimination on grounds of philosophical belief

• Author:
• Daniel Barnett

An important amendment to the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 is due to take effect on 30 April 2007.

Section 77 of the Equality Act 2006 amends the Regulations so as to replace the definition of “religion or belief” (previously "any religion, religious belief or similar philosophical belief") with "any religion, or religious or philosophical belief".

The important bit is the removal of the word 'similar'. This was previously inter... (94 more words)

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