A diabetic employee has been awarded £14,000 because her employer handled the disclosure of her medical condition badly. What’s to learn?
Published 07.06.2019
Until recently, you needed actual knowledge of a disability in order to be held liable for discrimination. This has now changed. So what’s the latest news?
Published 01.12.2005
The tribunal has ordered HMRC to pay £75,000 compensation to a disabled employee who was forced to change desks. What did HMRC do wrong?
Published 07.11.2017
The tribunal has awarded a disabled employee nearly £45,000 compensation because her employer delayed making a reasonable adjustment for two years. What’s to learn?
Published 13.02.2019
As one employer has found out, something you should never say to a visibly upset or emotional employee is “pull yourself together”. Why is this particular comment so dangerous?
Published 10.05.2016
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been ordered to pay a disabled employee £26,000. What did bosses at the DWP do which enabled this employee to claim a sizeable amount of compensation?
Published 10.05.2018
The tribunal recently ruled that an employee had suffered “discrimination by association” because of comments made about her disabled husband immediately prior to her dismissal. What can we learn
from this case?
Published 27.08.2013
An employer has been ordered to pay a former employee an eye-watering £346,000 after it gave her a highly dangerous ultimatum. What did it do wrong and how should it have approached the matter?
Published 15.03.2017
Even when the tribunal makes a finding of unfair dismissal, it can still reduce the compensatory award where the employee’s conduct “justifies” it. But suppose they were dishonest during the
disciplinary hearing - does that count too?
Published 14.05.2012
A disabled employee whose line manager described her as “lively” has won her tribunal claims for discrimination and harassment. The tribunal awarded her £4,000 compensation. Why was this description
problematic?
Published 26.03.2020