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4
November 2009
A significant judgment
on an individual's right to receive protection from dismissal
on the grounds of their beliefs was made this week.
In a ruling that is expected
to open the door for workers who feel they have been victimised
because of their beliefs, a judge has ruled that deeply held
convictions on the environment should be given the same protection
as religious or philosophical beliefs.
Mr Justice Burton ruled
that "a belief in man-made climate change, and the alleged
resulting moral imperatives, is capable, if genuinely held,
of being a philosophical belief for the purpose of the 2003
Religion and Belief Regulations".
However he made it clear
in his written judgement that belief in a political party
would not meet the criteria and that "it must be a philosophical
belief and not a political belief, one based upon political
opinions, such as, for example, fascism".
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