Servant files first caste discrimination claim – and gains £184,000 in unpaid wages
A woman recruited from India to work in Britain was recently awarded nearly £184,000 compensation in one of the UK’s first claims of caste discrimination.
Protection from caste discrimination – a new chapter in equality law
From 2015, caste will be regarded in law as forming part of the ‘protected characteristic’ of race within the Equality Act 2010. Workers or employees who believe they have suffered discrimination and/or harassment at the hands of their employer on account of their caste will be able to bring a race discrimination claim in the employment tribunal.