An assault on a company sponsored day out could be within the course of employment. Exclusion by the employer of consideration that the assault might be racially motivated, was itself race-specific and discriminatory.
Citations:
Gazette 10-Nov-1999, (1999) IRLR 683
Statutes:
Citing:
Appealed to – Sidhu v Aerospace Composite Technology Ltd CA 26-May-2000
The claimant, a Sikh, had reacted to racial abuse on a works outing. A company policy, when considering an allegation of violence in the work place, of looking at the employee’s behaviour and ignoring provocation was not race specific. A person . .
Cited by:
Appeal from – Sidhu v Aerospace Composite Technology Ltd CA 26-May-2000
The claimant, a Sikh, had reacted to racial abuse on a works outing. A company policy, when considering an allegation of violence in the work place, of looking at the employee’s behaviour and ignoring provocation was not race specific. A person . .
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Discrimination
Updated: 10 April 2022; Ref: scu.89257
