Category: Disability Discrimination
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Teenager Wins £29,187 for Victimisation Claim Against Employer
Waves in the media, with headlines like “Teenager sacked for wearing trainers wins £30,000,” sparked public interest. While Ms. Benassi...
April 3rd, 2025
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EHRC 2024: Supporting Disabled Workers in Hybrid Work
On 5 September 2024, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) published new guidance aimed at helping employers support disabled...
November 14th, 2024
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Disability discrimination due to neurodiverse conditions
In the recent case of Miss L Crawford v The Chief Constable of Cumbria Constabulary an Employment Tribunal ruled that an autistic Police Officer...
April 18th, 2024
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Menopause and employee rights
At what point can you raise legitimate concerns with an employee whose performance has declined due to menopausal symptoms? What...
February 1st, 2024
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Discrimination arising from disability
In the recent case of Morgan v Buckinghamshire Council, the Employment Appeal Tribunal found that the dismissal of an employee...
May 25th, 2023
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Disability discrimination and disproportionate dismissal
In the recent case of The Department for Work and Pensions v Boyers, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld the...
February 9th, 2023
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Neurodiversity in the workplace
It is estimated that neurodiversity affects between 10 and 20 percent of the global population. Neurodivergent people generally tend to...
November 22nd, 2022
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Mental Health at Work – What Employers need to know
Attitudes towards mental health are changing and employers need to be aware of the importance of taking the mental health...
August 26th, 2021
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Disability Discrimination Update
The EAT in Sullivan v Bury Street Capital Ltd UKEAT/0317/19/BA recently held that an employee who suffered from paranoid delusions...
November 4th, 2020
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Long-term sickness absence – a warning to employers
Many employers will have experienced difficulties arising from long-term sickness absence. The Court of Appeal’s recent decision in O’Brien v...
January 23rd, 2020
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Pre-cancerous condition deemed a “disability” under the Equality Act 2010?
The Employment Appeal Tribunal, in Lofty v Hamis (t/a First Café) recently held that a pre-cancerous condition was deemed a...
January 15th, 2020
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Dismissal and long-term disability
This is due to an EAT ruling that “once the employee has become entitled to payment of disability income due...
January 2nd, 2020
