Antisemitism in the Workplace - What Employers Need to Know

Introduction

This webinar provides an overview of how antisemitism should be addressed within the workplace.

It outlines the types of unlawful conduct employers must prevent, including discrimination and harassment, and clarifies employers’ responsibilities to ensure a safe and respectful working environment.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Protected characteristics - section 10 Equality Act 2010
• Judaism as a religion
• Jews as a race
• Anti-zionism - ET judgment of Miller v University of Bristol
• Zionism?
• Prohibited conduct
• Direct discrimination
• Indirect discrimination
• Harassment - ‘related to’ a relevant protected characteristic
• Obligations on employers to ensure employees do not face harassment at work
• Definitions of antisemitism
• International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)
• Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (JDA)
• Interplay between these cases and Equality Act provisions
• EHRC
• Article 9 - freedom of thought, conscious and religion
• Article 10 - freedom of expression

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Tuesday 19th May 2026

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