Case report round-up: Sunday working policy was justified

XpertHR's latest case reports cover:

  • Religion or belief discrimination: Sunday working policy was justified In Mba v Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Merton EAT/0332/12, the Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld the tribunal's decision that the employer's policy that all employees work their share of Sunday working in accordance with its rotas did not amount to unlawful religious discrimination because it was objectively justified. 
  • Human rights: UK breached employee's human right to freedom of religion in Christian cross case In Eweida and others v United Kingdom [2013] IRLR 231 ECHR, the European Court of Human Rights held that, in failing to protect a Christian employee's desire to manifest her religion by wearing a visible cross at work, the UK breached the positive obligation under art.9 of the European Convention on Human Rights to secure her right to freedom of expression. 

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