Race
This topic contains all articles and case reports dealing with Race Discrimination. They are shown in reverse chronological order, with the most recently published being listed first.
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Diary: Names
Date:
01/09/2010;
Author:
Michael Rubenstein
I have been reading the speech given by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on 3 August concerning the controversial proposed mosque and community centre to be built two blocks away from Ground Zero.
Short report: Race discrimination
Sub Topic(s):
direct discrimination;
Date:
01/09/2010;
Author:
Michael Rubenstein
Failure to carry out an equality impact assessment into a reduction in overtime working by security staff at the Palace of Westminster did not amount to a prima facie act of direct race discrimination against a black employee sufficient to shift the burden of proof to the employer by reason that the employee's opportunities for overtime consequently diminished, the EAT has ruled in Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis v Nonyelu (9 June 2010).
Discrimination in recruitment and promotion
Sub Topic(s):
statistics & reports;
Date:
01/09/2010;
Some 7% of people from ethnic minority backgrounds felt they had been refused a job for reasons of race, compared with just 1% of white people, reveals a new survey from the Communities and Local Government department. A higher proportion of people from ethnic minority backgrounds (5%) also felt they had experienced racial discrimination when seeking promotion, compared with 1% of white people.
Discrimination claims on the rise
Sub Topic(s):
statistics & reports;
Date:
01/08/2010;
The latest report from the Tribunals Service shows that there were sizeable increases in the number of discrimination cases brought relating to all types of discrimination except sex discrimination (down 2%). The largest increase was in relation to age claims, which rose by 37% and are now not far behind the level of race claims.
Race and faith inquiry
Sub Topic(s):
statistics & reports;
Date:
01/08/2010;
The final report into diversity in the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), commissioned by Mayor Boris Johnson in October 2008, has been published. The interim findings were published in September 2009.
Short report: Contract workers
Sub Topic(s):
contract workers;
Date:
01/07/2010;
Author:
Michael Rubenstein
There does not have to be evidence that a principal can control or influence a worker’s work in order to find that the worker is employed as a contract worker, the Court of Appeal holds in Leeds City Council v Woodhouse (18 Mar 2010).
BMEs perceive racism in the professions
Sub Topic(s):
statistics & reports;
Date:
01/07/2010;
Many ethnic minorities rule out careers in the professions, such as banking, politics, law and journalism, because of perceptions of racism, finds a new survey from Race for Opportunity.
Recently published: Households Below Average Income
Sub Topic(s):
statistics & reports;
Date:
01/07/2010;
Three-quarters of households headed by someone of Pakistani or Bangladeshi ethnic origin were in the bottom two income quintiles, reveals the latest national statistics on Households Below Average Income (HBAI) produced by the Department for Work and Pensions.
Employer not liable for agency worker’s discrimination
Sub Topic(s):
employer liability;
Date:
01/05/2010;
Author:
Michael Rubenstein
The EAT has overruled an employment tribunal which found that an employer was legally liable for the discriminatory acts of an agency worker it hired. The employer could not be said to have aided an unlawful act. May & Baker Ltd t/a Sanofi-Aventis Pharma v Okerago (17 Feb 2010, EAT)
Take part in The Runnymede Trust’s survey
Date:
01/05/2010;
The Runnymede Trust, the UK's leading race equality thinktank, is conducting research into effective talent management, and is looking for survey respondents.
Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service: positive action
Sub Topic(s):
policies/best practice,
positive action;
Date:
01/04/2010;
Author:
Carol Foster
Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service has introduced a positive action programme to recruit and retain a more diverse workforce. Carol Foster investigates.
BNP revised constitution unlawful
Sub Topic(s):
Indirect discrimination;
Date:
01/04/2010;
Author:
Michael Rubenstein
The membership criteria in the British National Party’s new constitution has been held to be indirectly racially discriminatory by a county court judge. Equality and Human Rights Commission v Griffin (12 Mar 2010, Central London County Court)
Short report: Proof
Sub Topic(s):
burden of proof;
Date:
01/04/2010;
Author:
Michael Rubenstein
An employment tribunal “is entitled to be suspicious of a ground of mistake which emerges for the first time during the course of evidence”, according to the EAT in Arhin v Enfield Primary Care Trust (26 Jan 2010, EAT).
Short report: Harassment
Sub Topic(s):
harassment;
Date:
01/04/2010;
Author:
Michael Rubenstein
A statement to a black detention officer by the senior management team that she “needed to see a psychiatrist” was not sufficient to establish a rebuttable inference of race discrimination, the EAT rules in Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v Osinaike (22 Feb 2010, EAT).
Judicial diversity requires comprehensive reform
Sub Topic(s):
policies/best practice;
Date:
01/04/2010;
A fundamental shift in approach is needed if judicial diversity is to become a reality, concludes a 112-page report commissioned by the Government.
Diary: White working class
Date:
01/03/2010;
Author:
Michael Rubenstein
Few issues that I have written about in this column have generated as much feedback from EOR readers as my piece in EOR 196 on the special problems faced by some parts of the white working class and our lack of a politically acceptable vocabulary to describe positive action measures that can be particularly directed at this group. ...(more)
Proposals to help BME and disabled learners
Sub Topic(s):
policies/best practice;
Date:
01/03/2010;
Russell Group universities should be encouraged to participate in careers guidance at institutions with a high black and minority ethnic (BME) student intake, says a report from the National Skills Forum.
Sex and Race Discrimination - Exclusions and Exceptions
Sub Topic(s):
exclusions and exceptions,
genuine occupational requirements;
Date:
01/02/2010;
Author:
Michael Rubenstein
This section of the Discrimination Guide 2010, on Sex and Race Discrimination - Exclusions and Exceptions, includes: Meaning of "employment" - Claim in time - Agreement precluding compaint - Work ordinarily outside Great Britain - Immunity - Death of applicant - Banktruptcy of applicant - Acts done under statutory authority - Genuine occupational qualifications (race discrimination) - Genuine occupational qualifications (sex discrimination)
Sex and Race Discrimination - Direct Discrimination
Sub Topic(s):
direct discrimination,
burden of proof;
Date:
01/02/2010;
Author:
Michael Rubenstein
This section of the Discrimination Guide 2010, on Sex and Race Discrimination - Direct Discrimination, includes: Burden of proof - Meaning of "less favourable" - Discriminatory treatment - Pregnancy and maternity discrimination - Discrimination on grounds of gender reassignment - Sexual orientation discrimination - Discrimination against married persons - Racial grounds - Segregation - Sex and race discrimination by employers.
Sex and Race Discrimination - Harassment and Sexual Harassment
Sub Topic(s):
harassment;
Date:
01/02/2010;
This section of the Discrimination Guide 2010 is on Sex and Race Discrimination - Harassment and Sexual Harassment.
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