Religious Discrimination

It's unlawful for your employer to discriminate against you by treating you differently from other employees you because of your religion or your religious beliefs.

Discrimination may take any of the following forms:

Direct discrimination - where your employer treats you less favourably than someone else of a different religion or belief because of your beliefs.

Indirect discrimination - where your employer applies a policy or working practice of a type that affects you adversely because of your beliefs e.g. a policy that requires employees to work on Sundays where there is no commercial justification for this.

Victimisation - where your employer treats you unfairly because you have made or assisted in making a complaint about discrimination.

Harassment- where your employer behaves in an offensive manner (or allows others to do so) e.g. workplace banter which belittles your beliefs.

Your employer may be liable for the discriminatory acts of its employees even if they were done without the employer's knowledge

The legislation prohibiting religious discrimination applies to both employees and job applicants.

If your employer has discriminated against you we can help you to make an application to an employment tribunal for compensation and to help you ensure that the unacceptable behaviour is brought to an end.

A tribunal claim must be made within three months of the discriminatory act taking place so its important that if you have been the victim of discrimination that you contact us now.