In Gareddu v London Underground Ltd [2015] ET/2201116/2015 (handed down on 1 December 2015 and only just come to our notice) an Employment Tribunal was asked to adjudicate on the refusal to allow an employee a long block of holiday for purposes that were ostensibly religious.

The background

Mr Gareddu was a Roman Catholic from Sardinia: he claimed that his religious beliefs required him to return to Sardinia each year for approximately five weeks around the month of August to take part in religious festivals with his family [3]. Continue reading →