Green beliefs win legal protection
15/11/2009
Employees who raise concerns about their company's environmental practices won the right to legal redress after a judge ruled that green beliefs deserved the same protection in the workplace as religious convictions.
In a landmark ruling which legal experts said could open the floodgates to thousands of claims, appeal judge Mr Justice Burton, ruled that environmental views should be protected under the employment equality laws. Workers who are victimised for strong environmental views such as how a company should deal with cutting carbon, managing waste or using aviation to travel to meetings can now bring compensation claims against employers.
The Independent(4 Nov, front page)
The Guardian(4 Nov, p.3)
The Telegraph (4 Nov, p.15)
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