LABOUR AND EUROPEAN LAW REVIEW

Welcome to Thompsons’ weekly Labour and European Law

Review. Every week we bring you the latest employment law
news affecting trade unions and their members.
In this week’s issue:

BEING CIVIL

Under the Religion or Belief Regulations 2003, employers cannot

discriminate on those grounds. In Ladele v London Borough of Islington
and anor, the Court of Appeal said, however, that a registrar was not
discriminated against because of her religious beliefs when she was
threatened with dismissal for refusing to carry out civil partnership
ceremonies. More...
http://www.thompsons.law.co.uk/ltext/weekly-lelr-154-being-civil.htm

SCHOOL DAYS

The Race Relations Act outlaws discrimination on the ground of

someone’s colour, race, nationality or ethnic or national origins. In R v
Governing Body of JFS, the Supreme Court said that the admissions
policy of a school that gave priority to children recognised as Jews
under an Orthodox test was contrary to the RRA. More…
http://www.thompsons.law.co.uk/ltext/lelr-weekly-154-school-days.htm

NEWS IN BRIEF

Parents of children due on or after 3 April 2011 will be able to take

advantage of new legislation announced recently by the Government.
More ...
http://www.thompsons.law.co.uk/ltext/lelr-weekly-154.htm

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