15 September 2009
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) is to hear a test case on whether an employee’s belief in global warning and decision to lead a carbon emission minimising life amounted to a “philosophical belief” for the purposes of the Employment Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulations 2003.
Judge Sneath in the employment tribunal found that it did, and that surveyor Tim Nicholson had been discriminated against by his employer, Grainger Plc.
The employer argued that Nicholson’s redundancy was based purely on operational demands, and that his beliefs are, in any case, political or scientific rather than philosophical.
