It is easy to dismiss some EAT decisions as a storm in a teacup, legally-speaking, all very traumatic for those bobbing about in them, but of little significance to the wider world of employment law or practice. Steer – v – Stormsure Limited earlier this month is not one of those decisions. It has the … Continue Reading
Forget the law for a moment and answer me this. If: despite having no reasonable grounds to hold that view, I genuinely believe that someone made a racist remark about me; and I sit on that belief without a murmur of complaint for four years; and when my work is entirely justifiably criticised, I then … Continue Reading
An employer retaliating against the maker of a race discrimination complaint will be guilty of victimisation unless the complaint is untrue and made in bad faith. But what if the complaint is made negligently? Is that bad faith? A good example of a negligent race discrimination allegation appeared in last week’s London Evening Standard concerning … Continue Reading
