Chapter 7
Dismissal
[ch 7: page 265]Employers who dismiss for discriminatory reasons are in breach of equality law. Employees can bring a claim for discriminatory dismissal from the first day of their employment. There is no service requirement.
Employees who resign rather than carry out their employer’s instructions to discriminate are also protected, even if they are not the target of the discrimination, for example, if they are not black but are instructed to discriminate against a black applicant.