by Solutions for HR | Jul 24, 2019 | Employment Law News
Making fun of her condition Holly Carr began work for Weston Homes as a fleet administrator. To welcome her to the business she was invited to a staff lunch during which she advised her manager and a colleague that she would not be drinking alcohol because she had...
by Solutions for HR | Jul 24, 2019 | Employment Law News
Failed to make reasonable adjustments for his autism Tom Sherbourne, a senior analyst at npower won a claim for indirect disability discrimination after his employer failed to make reasonable adjustments for his autism. Sherbourne worked in an open-plan office with a...
by Solutions for HR | Jul 24, 2019 | Employment Law News
Widely recognised in the workplace In the UK, one in ten people are thought to have dyslexia meaning it is a common disability and one that is widely recognised in the workplace due to its impact on an individual’s performance. In the case of Bulloss -v- Shelter,...
by Solutions for HR | Jul 24, 2019 | Employment Law News
Enough to demonstrate discrimination Yes, said the EAT in the case of Baldeh -v- Churches Housing Association of Dudley and District Ltd.The EAT determined that even where there are a number of reasons justifying a dismissal, if there is one discriminatory reason that...
by Solutions for HR | Jul 24, 2019 | Employment Law News
Little was done to support her at this time Denise Regan, an administrator at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, worked for the Trust for just over three years before concerns were first identified with her performance. In early January 2016 Regan was...
by Solutions for HR | Jun 21, 2019 | Employment Law News
Subject him to “serial farting” In an Australian employment case, David Hingst sought $1.8million (£966,732) in damages after alleging that his work colleague Greg Short would subject him to “serial farting”, 5 or 6 times a day in a windowless, small room and then...
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