Ged
The new Republic of Ireland Employment Equality Act (1998) outlaws
discrimination on nine distinct grounds, one of which is religious belief.
Best wishes
Sara
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> From: Ged Murray <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: discrination etc on religious grounds
> Date: 06 April 1999 16:24
>
> Forgive me for returning to a matter that I vaguely recall has been
> raised before on the bulletin board but is anybody aware of articles or
> papers on the pros & cons of making religion a legal category in eo
> matters. I know of employment cases decided on grounds linked to
> ethnicity that really revolved around matters to do with religion but
> wondered if the matter had been debated on the basis of the substantive
> issues involved. In particular I am unsure how the Human Rights Act 1998
> will deal with issues of religious discrimination.
> I am of course aware of the main features of the Fair Employment NI Act
> 1989 that has a specific context that is helpful but I also would
> welcome wider points of reference.
> Ged Murray
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