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Race discrimination
Rejecting claims that a private hire company had unlawfully discriminated against two Asian applicants, a Leeds industrial tribunal (Chair: J Prophet) in Akbar and Ahmed v Metro Private Hire (Keighley) Ltd, expresses concern over the way the Commission for Racial Equality went about securing evidence of discrimination.
An Irishman who was subjected to repeated anti-Irish remarks by his supervisor and other colleagues which led to him seeking medical attention for stress, and who was then dismissed because he did not "fit in", was unlawfully discriminated against, rules a Nottingham industrial tribunal (Chair: J M Coulson) in McAuley v Auto Alloys Foundry Ltd and Taylor.
A black railway worker who was called a "black cunt" by an employee of a subcontractor during an incident was discriminated against on grounds of race, a London South industrial tribunal (Chair: E R Donnelly) in Bellinfantie v British Rail rules.
A Pakistani applicant who unsuccessfully applied for the post of senior equality adviser was discriminated against on the grounds of race, rules a Nottingham industrial tribunal majority (Chair: J H Bellis) in Ayub v Nottinghamshire County Council.
A local councillor who tabled a motion calling for Asian employees in "s. 11 posts" to be replaced by "black officers of African origin" acted unlawfully, rules a London North industrial tribunal (Chair: M H Don) in Commission for Racial Equality v Nyaga.
Asda Stores Ltd was not liable for the racially "offensive and derogatory remark" made by one of its store supervisors to a black contract cleaner, rules a Birmingham industrial tribunal (Chair: B L Owen) in Taylor v Asda Stores Ltd.
In Laher v London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham the EAT has set aside the decision of an industrial tribunal dismissing a race discrimination complaint on grounds that there was bias shown by the tribunal chair against the applicant.
A black college lecturer whose complaints of racial abuse over an eight-year period were continually disbelieved by college authorities was unlawfully discriminated against on grounds of race, rules an Ashford industrial tribunal (Chair: I S Lamb) in Jenkins v Burney and others.
A hospital orderly who was immediately suspended pending an investigation following an incident, when a nurse who was involved in an equally serious incident was simply counselled, suffered a detriment and was unlawfully discriminated against on grounds of race, holds a Leeds industrial tribunal (Chair: J R W Worrall) in Dan v United Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust Ltd.
In Smith v Wessex Water a Bristol industrial tribunal (Chair: C G Toomer) draws an inference of racial discrimination from a failure to warn an African-British temporary employee that he was in danger of dismissal due to poor performance.
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