Political belief 





The EA 10 was not originally intended to protect political beliefs, but some political beliefs are protected as “philosophical beliefs”. In GMB v Henderson [2015] UKEAT/0073/14/DM, a belief in left-wing democratic socialism was established to be a philosophical belief.


Northern Ireland has had laws protecting people against workplace discrimination based on their political beliefs for many years. They are enforced by the Northern Ireland Fair Employment Tribunal.



See also unfair dismissal for political belief, Chapter 10, page 356.