Every so often a UK Employment Tribunal case is so newsworthy that it is reported beyond legal/HR circles and makes the national press. The case of two firearms officers with hands too small for their guns was a case that even The Telegraph could not resist reporting. Ms Wheatley and Ms Giles were (and possibly … Continue Reading
It was reported in the UK press just before Christmas that Marks and Spencer was forced to apologise to a customer after a Muslim employee refused to handle alcohol and so declined, politely and apologetically, to serve a customer trying to buy a bottle of champagne. This issue caused a bit of a Twitter storm, … Continue Reading
Another Christian Bed & Breakfast case came out last week, containing some faintly unsettling insight from the Court of Appeal into the issue of balancing rights to manifest one’s religion against rights not to be discriminated against. Black & Morgan – v – Wilkinson reached the right and usual conclusion, i.e. that the refusal of … Continue Reading
So what do you do with a Premiership footballer who refuses to wear his club’s strip because he has religious objections to the sponsor plastered across the front? Treat it as a silly diva tantrum or as a legitimate manifestation of his beliefs? Muslim Papiss Cissé has refused to wear Newcastle United’s new strip following … Continue Reading
