Belief in climate change grounds for unfair dismissal

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Does it never stop?

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/tim-nicholson-a-green-martyr-1648388.html

An executive sacked from a giant property company can claim he was unfairly dismissed because of his "philosophical belief in climate change", a judge ruled yesterday.

In the first case of its kind, employment judge David Sneath said Tim Nicholson, a former environmental policy officer, could invoke employment law for protection from discrimination against him for his conviction that climate change was the world's most important environmental problem.

That conviction amounted to a philosophical belief under the Employment Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulations, 2003, the judge ruled on a point of law at a pre-hearing review of an employment tribunal in London

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Mr Nicholson told the hearing that his green beliefs affected how he lived his life, "including my choice of home, how I travel, what I buy, what I eat and drink, what I do with my waste and my hopes and my fears".

He said: "For example, I no longer travel by airplane. I have eco-renovated my home. I try to buy local produce. I have reduced my consumption of meat. I compost my food waste.

"I encourage others to reduce their carbon emissions and I fear very much for the future of the human race, given the failure to reduce carbon emissions on a global scale."

Aged 41, and married with a small son, Mr Nicholson now works for a green medical charity in Oxford. He said after the hearing: "I am pleased with the result, and I hope this sets a predecent that will support anyone who shares my views on climate change and the environment."
 

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I learnt a new word reading the comments of the article. Eco-miserablist. Seems to sum up many of the greenies quite well. If they weren't whingeing about climate change they'd be whingeing about something else.

The company's attitude is revealing. They have hired a 'sustainability officer' because they recognise many people have their knickers in a twist about the environment. They wanted to be seen to be doing the right thing. But on the other hand they think it's all a load of bollocks and ignore the guy's recommendations.

It is very similar to religion. People don't believe in god but like to be married in a church or have a few words by a minister at a funeral.
 
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