Discrimination on the grounds of religious belief

What does it mean and how it can be tested?

Discrimination on the grounds of any religious or philosophical belief is now protected by the law.

For a belief to qualify for the protection of the law it must be genuinely held, relate to a weighty aspect of human life and elements of it must be seen as being worthy of respect. In other words if an employer discriminates against an employee because they are Christian or Muslim (or other) then the employer must prove that the reason for treating that individual differently was not because of their right to exercise their religion.