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Discrimination: Employers liable for post-termination discrimination

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    Rhys-Harper v Relaxion Group plc and other appeals [2003] IRLR 484 HL (0 other reports)

Key points

  • In Relaxion Group plc v Rhys-Harper and related cases [2003] UKHL 33 the House of Lords interprets anti-discrimination legislation to mean that employees should be protected against certain acts of post-termination discrimination by their employer.
  • It is the employment relationship that triggers the employer's obligation not to discriminate.