Charity faces tribunal over 'Christians-only' policy

By Ben Cook, Third Sector Online, 6 December 2007

A religious charity that introduced a policy of recruiting only Christians is facing a constructive dismissal case brought by a Christian former employee. The claimant will tell an employment tribunal in Abergele, north Wales, that the new policy made his management job increasingly difficult, eventually forcing him to resign.

Until 2004, Prospects, a Christian charity that helps people with learning difficulties, employed a number of non-Christian staff and volunteers, including some who had transferred to the organisation under the Tupe regulations, which protect the terms and conditions of transferring staff. But three years ago, the charity began to recruit...