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Homophobic discrimination in the spotlight
... and by colleagues using homophobic terminology, he can bring a Tribunal claim irrespective of his length of service, with an injury to feelings award available, and with no limit on the potential remedy. The key lesson for employers is that any "banter" which has homophobic connotations (or indeed racial, religious, gender or age connotations) must not be allowed in the workplace as it leaves the organisation vulnerable to claims. It will not be a defence for other employees to say "oh we knew he wasn't gay" (or we did not think he minded). The very fact that the words used are homophobic in nature...
News analysis | 7 Jan 2009
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ETs on the rise
...cular protected characteristic suffer a disadvantage connected to that characteristic, or if their participation in an activity KEY: Characteristic covered in existing legislation no changes SAME is disproportionately low. For example, job adverts can currently be aimed at people from different racial backgrounds, women, or other groups, where the employer wishes to make their workforce more diverse. This positive action permits measures such as recruiting or promotion and training to alleviate the disadvantage or reduce their under-representation. Specifically in recruitment, the positive actio...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2010
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The Diversity Dilemma
...ides specific protection and rights for disabled workers to which employers must comply, Pam Loch explains. 44 CLIENT FOCUS: MIND THE GAPS Workplace Law is helping to ensure health and safety standards match the higher educational standards of Newnham College, Cambridge. EmPLoYmENT uPDATE 13 NEWS Racial discrimination in recruitment still exists towards ethnic minorities; and Royal Mail plans to hire up to 30,000 temporary staff not illegal. 22 THREE YEARS OF THE RRO The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 came into force on 1 October 2006. Fire management expert, Peter Reading, discusses ...
Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2009
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Amec faces racial discrimination claim
...d an interview two days later when he re-applied using a different name, Mr R Lloyd-Hilbert. The ‘made-up second candidate’ was a year older and but less qualified for the £30,000-a-year post. A spokesman for Amec said: “We are defending the action and vigorously deny any accusation of racial discrimination. We have a very proactive equal opportunities policy in force across the whole company.” The case was adjourned until later this year. Racial and Religious Discrimination 2007 White Paper New guidance has been produced by Workplace Law Network to help employers prevent discr...
Case | 29 Jun 2007
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The EOC, CRE and DRC may be gone, but they are ensuring they won’t be forgotten
...gin; disability; age; and religion or religious belief. Friday 28 September 2007 was the last working day that the three bodies responsible for promoting and enforcing the oldest of the discrimination statutes existed, and on Monday 1 October 2007 the Equal Opportunities Commission, Commission for Racial Equality and the Disability Rights Commission was replaced by the Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR). None of the bodies closed its doors quietly; each was trumpeting its departure as loudly as it sought to champion the rights it was protecting. Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) The...
News analysis | 2 Oct 2007
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Workplace discrimination dominated by claims of bullying and name-calling
...awarded £120,000 compensation when he was sacked after being harassed by his employers. He had only been working for the company in question for eight days, but during this time he was called numerous names, such as “cream puff”. In another recent case, a white employee, who claims she was racially harassed by "jokes" insulting black people, won the right to take her case to an Employment Tribunal. Alan Mason, Partner at Anderson Strathern, comments that there are a number of steps businesses can take to avoid such discrimination claims: Do not ask interviewees their sexual orie...
News | 3 Apr 2007
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Religious beliefs: should employers cater for all faiths?
...Business Continuity Institute 34 Callund Consulting Ltd 8 Cambridge University 8 Carlsberg UK Ltd 26 Casella Group 20, 26 Charles Russell 12 Chartered Management Institute Circleworth Ltd 27 Civil Aviation Authority 14 CMS Cameron McKenna 21 Commission for Equality and Human Rights 8 Commission for Racial Equality 8 Corus UK 29 Crowe Fabrications Ltd 27 Dalebrick 30 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 14 Department of Health 14 Department for Transport 14 Disability Rights Commission 8, 16 DTI 6, 14 Department for Work and Pensions 14, 26 Environment Agency 14, 26 Equal Opportunities ...
Magazine issue | 1 May 2005
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2005: getting to grips with the legal year ahead
...) 26 British Security Industry Association (BSIA) 14 British Standards Institute (BSI) 7 Broken Foot Inns 19 Browne Jacobson 24 Casella Winton 31 Central Scotlan Police 20 Changing Faces 9 Charles Russell 21, 24, 31 Chelsea FC 24 Combined Equality and Human Rights Commission (CEHR) 6 Commission for Racial Equality 6 Crown Leisure 24 Department for Transport 7 Deutches Rotes Kreuz 26 Disability Rights Commission 6 Dundas & Wilson 26 DVLA 17 Environment Agency 14 Equal Opportunities Commission 6 Federation of Licensed Victuallers' Associations 20 Godfrey Davis 34 Greenwoods Solicitors LLP 5, 14, 28, 2...
Magazine issue | 15 Dec 2004
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A new age?
...g their career." 35115 Employer found liable for harassment by a child A council has been found liable for the harassment of an Iranian social worker by one of the children resident in the children's home where he worked. The child regularly mocked the employee's accent and was offensive to him on racial grounds, resulting in the employee eventually taking sick leave and bringing a claim of harassment against his employer. 34798 London nurse wins `landmark' equal pay case A nurse has won what has been calleda'landmarkequalpay claim' after it was found that her employer, City and Hackney Teaching P...
Magazine issue | 5 Sep 2011
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Sikh Pc awarded compensation after turban row
A Sikh policeman who was told to take his turban off to take part in a riot training session has been awarded £10,000 compensation by an employment tribunal. Pc Singh claimed religious and racial discrimination after being told he must take off his turban to wear a helmet to do the course. As a baptised and practising Sikh he argued it is against his religion to remove his turban in public or modify it. He said he suffered panic attacks and feared he would be made into a figure of fun. Afte...
Case | 5 Oct 2009
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New homophobia law: no further requirements on employers
A new law providing protection against incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation should impose no further requirements on employers.The Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill extends existing legal protection against inciting racial and religious hatred to protect lesbian and gay people. Jonathan Finney, senior parliamentary officer at campaign group Stonewall, explained to Workplace Law Network the circumstances in which this new Bill may apply to the workplace:“If an organisation had a member of staff who was charged with ...
News | 9 May 2008
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EHRC: Cancelling Christmas in case it offends is 'silly'
...in me in saying: It's time to stop being daft about Christmas. It’s fine to celebrate and it’s fine for Christ to be the star of the show."The Race and Religious Hatred Act 2006, which came into force on 1 October 2007, introduced a new criminal offence of stirring up hatred against a person on racial or religious grounds. The Act extends from individuals to businesses if it can be shown that the hatred has been stirred up with the consent of the director, manager or company secretary. However, according to the faith leaders, celebrating Christian festivals is unlikely to stir up religious hatre...
News | 18 Dec 2007
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Press excluded from discrimination trial for the first time
A British Muslim and serving police officer, Amjad Farooq, who is claiming that the decision to remove him from the Met Police’s specialist firearms Diplomatic Protection Group on alleged national security grounds was an act of religious and racial discrimination, has had his appeal against a closed hearing denied by the Employment Appeals Tribunal. The claim is to be heard before London Central Employment Tribunal next year. The closed (national security) evidence is to be heard in private in the absence of both Mr Farooq and his lawyer; al...
News | 22 Nov 2007
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Who's looking at you?
... information in such a way that it is unreadable to all but those individuals possessing the key to the code (Source: www.microsoft.com) Sensitive personal data Data Protection Act 1998 1998 Chapter 29 In this Act "sensitive personal data" means personal data consisting of information as to(a) the racial or ethnic origin of the data subject, (b) his political opinions, (c) his religious beliefs or other beliefs of a similar nature, (d) whether he is a member of a trade union (within the meaning of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992), (e) his physical or mental health or c...
Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2005
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Government Announces Move to Stamp out Workplace Bullies
... morale along with reduced sick leave and absenteeism. Last December, the Government introduced the Employment Equality Regulations 2003, making it unlawful to deny people jobs on the basis of their sexual orientation or religious beliefs. The new regulations, added to existing laws which ban racial, sexual and disability discrimination, enable individuals to take prompt and effective action to tackle harassment, enabling people to have an equal chance of training and promotion.
News | 25 Mar 2004
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"We don't serve wheelchairs"
...RC, who have fought for this right for all human beings over the years. The recent launch of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has provided a good opportunity to look over what has actually been achieved over the years, through the work of organisations such as the DRC, Commission for Racial Equality and Equal Opportunities Commission, which have now merged to form the EHRC. Sir Bert is of the opinion that this new commission will serve to address the human rights issues that crop up in all forms of discrimination -- whether it is disability, race, sex ... He says: "I think the one thi...
Magazine issue | 1 Jan 2008
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How much does it cost to kill someone at work?
...e some action on the part of all employers to check their contracts and procedures comply. 8871 8519 October 1st New anti-discrimination body A new Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) will be created on 1 October under the Equality Act 2006. Existing equality commissions Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), Disability Rights Commission (DRC) and Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) will merge to form the new CEHR. The CEHR will inherit the roles of the existing Commissions and have new powers to enforce anti-discrimination legislation more effectively and promote equality. In particula...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2007
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Ramadan: council requests no eating at meetings
...mployers need to be more sensitive, and explore ways to accommodate this.”From a legal perspective, employers should be aware that by unreasonably refusing staff requests to observe the fast or by applying restrictions or requirements upon it, they will be putting themselves at risk of committing racial discrimination under the conditions of the Race Relations Act 1976.Jon Keeble, partner with employment law firm DWF previously told Workplace Law Network that to avoid discrimination claims, employers could consider introducing some temporary changes to accommodate the needs of Muslim workers, incl...
News | 29 Aug 2008
