Victimisation: Focus of test for bad faith is honesty, not motivation

Saad v Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust [2018] IRLR 1007 EAT

race discrimination | victimisation | grievance | bad faith

In Saad v Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the primary question, when deciding if an employee acted in bad faith, is whether or not the employee acted honestly in making the discrimination allegation, not the employee's ulterior purpose.