Race discrimination can include harassment by a customer

• Author:
• Eilidh Wiseman

The definition of harassment as set out in the majority of the discrimination legislation, including the Race Relations Act 1976 (RRA), is “unwanted conduct that violates a person’s dignity or creates an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment.”

In the case of Gravell v. Bexley Council (the Council) the EAT confirmed that under the RRA this definition includes unwanted conduct by a customer.

Gravell v. Bexley Council

Ms Gravell, a white Bri... (312 more words)

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