EAT Race Discrimination – Detriment
The Appellant is a police officer in the Derbyshire Constabulary. He made a race discrimination complaint against a colleague which he withdrew. He subsequently brought race discrimination proceedings against the Chief Constable. Among many complaints was one of victimisation by his colleagues on the ground of the earlier proceedings. His colleagues had recorded a number of matters about him. This recording and reporting was said to amount to a detriment because of the effect on the Appellant. The ET dismissed all his complaints and in dealing with the victimisation complaint held that the mere act of making a written record where no inappropriate action was taken in respect of the issues recorded was not a detriment. On the correctness of this single point the Appellant was given permission to appeal.
Citations:
[2008] UKEAT 0499 – 07 – 2205
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Employment, Discrimination
Updated: 15 July 2022; Ref: scu.268109