Employment Law News Updates and HR Articles
Autistic job seeker discriminated against
Autistic job seeker discriminated against at application stage Mr Meier had Asperger's, dyslexia and dyspraxia. He applied for a job at BT on its graduate programme. The specification was looking for people with 'a strong technical mindset and good...
Discrimination for failing to consider diabetes effects
Bank manager was discriminated against An HBOS bank manager was discriminated against after he was unfairly dismissed for not carrying out the required security checks and accidentally locking a customer in the branch, something he attributed to the side...
Discrimination on the grounds of English language skills
Excluded him from training This is not an uncommon situation for managers when faced with performance concerns where there is a language barrier or issue with interpretation or understanding. In this case, Mr A Khawaja, a Pakistani man employed by...
Offensive comment by a manager
Claiming religious discrimination and harassment Offensive comment by a Manager about Muslims amounts to discrimination and harassment. Lehla Aboulossoud was an admin officer at Eltham Crematorium in south-east London. On the 8th January 2016, she attended...
Employee with diabetes humiliated at work
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...
Discrimination claim win due to being overwhelmed
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...