Indirect discrimination for someone else’s disability? An employment tribunal (so not a binding precedent) has accepted a claim for indirect disability discrimination by the carer of a disabled p...
Discrimination by association and by perception Introduction For direct discrimination and harassment – and perhaps beyond, see below Associative discrimination may cover additional ...
Disability: Discrimination by association For direct discrimination and harassment, it need not be the claimant who has the disability under the Equality Act. Summary Discrimination ...
Pregnancy and maternity under Equality Act 2010 Summary Equality Act protection for pregnancy discrimination is wide. For example, it is not an excuse that the woman was taken on to tempor...
European Union (EU) Summary The European Union (EU) has its court in Luxembourg and has issued a large body of legislation. The UK is no longer a member of the ...
‘Gay cake’ Supreme Court decision The Supreme Court has held it is not discrimination for a bakery in Northern Ireland to refuse to make a cake saying ‘Support gay marr...
Victimisation What is victimisation? Under s.27 EqA, ‘victimisation’ is where an individual is ‘punished’ for their involvement in a claim made under the ...
Discrimination against carer of disabled child: Northern Ireland case The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal held there was associative direct discrimination when the mother of a disabled child was dismissed. In ...
Equality Act 2010: five years on The Equality Act (EqA) is now more than five years old. Most of it took effect on 1st October 2010. It is a good time therefore to look fair...
New cases on associative discrimination New cases have considered indirect discrimination claims by someone without the protected characteristic, associative victimisation, and all...
