Employment law cases

JH Walker Ltd v Hussain and others [1996] IRLR 11 EAT

Reports relating to this case:

  • Race discrimination: "Intentional" indirect discrimination by employer

    Date:
    1 April 1996

    In JH Walker Ltd v Hussain and others the EAT holds that an employer "intentionally" indirectly discriminated against its Asian employees on the ground of race when, in accordance with a new policy that no holiday could be taken by employees during the three busiest months of the year, it required them to work on an important Muslim festival day, and disciplined them when they took the day off.