Equality Act 2010 Construed Purposively To Cover Post-Termination Victimisation

It has long been the case that employees are protected against victimisation which occurs after the termination of employment. Most commonly, this arises in the form of a bad reference. The case of Taiwo v Olaigbe involved more unusual circumstances. Ms Taiwo was employed by the Olaigbe family as a nanny and housekeeper, working under a migrant visa. She left her employment, complaining of mistreatment, and brought a race discrimination claim against her employers. Before her claim was...