John Hayes interviewed on Times Radio: Is the Equality Act 2010 responsible for an increase in unsuccessful race discrimination claims?

Constantine Law Managing Partner, John Hayes, was interviewed by Rod Liddle on Times Radio, in response to research by the Don't Divide Us  campaign which found that the number of claims in the Employment Tribunal involving race discrimination had tripled in the last seven years, although there was no corresponding rise in the level of success of these claims.

Don't Divide Us have concluded that the Equality Act 2010 is the reason for this rise in unsuccessful claims: they believe the act has engendered a grievance culture in the workplace, where employees seek redress in the Employment Tribunal for what the group describes as “petty disputes and imagined slights”.

John Hayes argues forcefully that this is a specious claim by the group. In his view, the Equality Act was a consolidating piece of legislation, which didn't, in fact, introduce much new law. Instead, John points to greater general access to data, the growth of AI and with it, the ability for anyone to draft a claim in seconds, as much more likely reasons for the rise in claims.

Listen to part of John's interview here: