Religion or Belief Discrimination Claims

If you feel that you have suffered discrimination on the grounds of your religion or belief, you may be entitled to compensation. To speak to one of our employment law solicitors call on 0845 009 0863

Under the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003, you can claim direct or indirect discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief. The Act protects employees, ex-employees and job applicants and applies to companies or firms of any size.

Types of Religion or Belief Discrimination:

Religion or Belief is defined as any religion, religious belief or similar philosophical belief.

Direct Religion or Belief Discrimination occurs when an employer treats a person less favourably than he would another, on grounds of religion or belief.

Indirect Religion or Belief Discrimination occurs when an employer applies a provision, practice or criterion to the whole workforce, but which puts persons of the Claimant's religion or belief at a disadvantage. However, an employer can argue that the indirect discrimination is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.

Victimization of a person who brought or is considering bringing a claim under the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 is also unlawful and can give rise to a further claim.

Harassment is unwanted conduct on the grounds of a victim's religion or belief with the effect of violating the victim's dignity or creating an intimidating, degrading, humiliating or hostile environment for the victim.

Less favourable treatment or harassment based on the perception, whether correct or incorrect, of another's religion or belief is also unlawful. This will include discrimination based on that person's association with others of a particular religion or belief.

An employer can also be liable for the discriminatory acts of its employees, done in the course of their employment, whether the employer was made aware of the discrimination or not.

It is important that you seek legal advice as soon as possible if you believe that you have been discriminated against on grounds of race or belief. Initial consultations are free of charge. In appropriate religion or belief discrimination cases we can offer no win no fee to help fund your claim.

Call our employment law solicitors today on 0845 009 0863

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