Employment Notes
Tag: victimisation
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UK: employees protected against victimisation, despite ulterior motive for alleging discrimination, if acted honestly
The EAT in Saad v Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust has held that an employee was able to claim victimisation where subjected to detriment for …
UK: Discrimination - victimisation claim by individual 'associated' with those who have done a protected act
Employers should ensure managers do not treat individuals less favourably because allegations of discrimination have been made, whether by the …
UK: Discrimination - Equality Act does prohibit post-employment victimisation
Following two conflicting EAT decisions last year (see here), the Court of Appeal has now ruled that the Equality Act should be read as prohibiting …
UK: Victimisation - dismissal for making multiple discrimination grievances unlawful
Where an employee makes repeated allegations of discrimination which the employee believes to be true but which the employer considers unfounded, …
UK: Drafting error in Equality Act revealed through case law
Two EAT cases show what’s wrong with parts of the statute dealing with post-termination victimisation Prior to the introduction of the Equality Act …
UK: Post-employment victimisation is prohibited after all
The EAT has ruled that post-employment victimisation is unlawful, departing from its previous decision in Rowstock v Jessemy. (Onu v Akiwiwu) Such …
UK: Post-employment conduct: whistleblowing disclosures protected; victimisation not prohibited by Equality Act
Case law has established that subjecting an employee to detriment post-employment for a whistleblowing disclosure made during employment is …
UK: Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill: amendments to whistleblowing, financial penalties on employers, dismissal for political opinion/affiliation
The Government has proposed, and the House of Lords approved, a number of amendments to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill: The …
UK: Whistleblowers - employers are not vicariously liable for victimisation by colleagues
The Court of Appeal has ruled that the law does not prohibit workers from victimising their colleagues for whistleblowing, and therefore an employer …