Religious discrimination

Published research

• The CIPD and Acas jointly funded a study exploring the impact of management handling of sexual orientation, religion and belief at work. A report of the findings draws on employers’ experiences of the reality of handling these aspects of employing people in the workplace.
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• A further CIPD report draws on the earlier joint CIPD/Acas work, a networking event, and interviews with organisations to explore employers' experiences of managing SORB and highlight good practice.

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• Labour Market Outlook Winter 2006-07 includes a Focus section reporting on a survey of management policies relating to employees' religious beliefs.This shows that employers are not finding it difficult to respond to employees’ needs regarding their religious beliefs. Contrary to what might be expected from the press coverage about the veil and the wearing of religious dress and jewellery, bans tend to exist only in manufacturing organisations where there are over-riding health and safety issues
  • View the Focus report, page 18 of Labour Market Outlook
     
• Our report Religious Discrimination: An introduction to the law explored the EU Equal Treatment Framework Directive and focused on issues that employers might face when implementing the law.
  • View the paper