Britain's Religion or Belief Regulations Extended To Belief In Higher Purpose of Public Service Broadcasting

Britain's Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 (Sec. 2) include "philosophical belief" in the definition of religion or belief. Employment Tribunals continue to expand the meaning of philosophical belief.  Previous cases have invoked the provision to bar discrimination on the basis of an employee's anti-hunting views, or an employee's belief in man-made climate change. Now, according to today's London Mail, a Birmingham employment tribunal has held that a BBC employee's belief that public service broadcasting has the higher purpose of promoting cultural interchange and social cohesion is also a philosophical belief protected by the Equality Regulations.