Stedman v. United Kingdom
- Stedman v. United Kingdom
"Stedman v. United Kingdom" (1997) 23 EHRR CD 168 is a UK labour law case, which deals with religious freedom, and the duty of an employer to let religious people have Sundays off.
Facts
Ms Stedman, a Christian, did not want to work on Sundays for her employer. Everyone else did. She claimed this was a breach of her right to freedom of religion under Art.9 ECHR. Under Art.1 the MS must secure Convention rights. She also complained of breach of her right to a family life under Art.8, because she was bound to work some Sundays, and her husband did not.
European Commission
The European Commission of Human Rights (i.e. the case was not admitted to the actual court) stated that Ms Stedman resigned because she did not want to work. She was not dismissed because of her religion. Even if she had been employed by the state and dismissed in similar circumstances, there would not have even been an interference with her Art.9(1) rights. The application was ‘manifestly ill founded’ under Art.27(2) ECHR.For Art.8, ‘given the almost inevitable compromise and balance between work and family commitments, particularly in families where both partners work’ there was no interference, to constitute any violation. Other challenges under Art.14 and Art.6 were similarly dismissed, and the case was inadmissible.
ee also
*UK employment discrimination law
*UK labour law
*Human Rights Act 1998
Notes
External links
* [http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/ Royal National Theatre] 's website
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