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Religion or Belief Discrimination

It is unlawful to discriminate on grounds of Religion or Belief. Employers (and those they employ or direct) must not: - treat workers differently on grounds of their religious belief unless there is a GOR for this (for example, a denominational school could insist only those following a particular religion would be employed as teachers or administrative staff. However, it might be unlikely that this could be legally applied when recruiting maintenance staff). - discriminate or subject workers to harassment (in which regard employers are responsible for the acts of their employees) because they (or someone connected with them - e.g. a son or daughter) follow or subscribe to a particular religion. - discriminate against a person or harass them after their employment has ended on such grounds (e.g. not providing a reference because a person is, for example, a Jew). - apply unnecessary rules regarding dress codes which could discriminate against followers of a certain religion. There is c...