A trainee investigator for HM Revenue and Customs has been awarded £155,000 for victimisation, failure to make reasonable adjustments and disability-related harassment.
The case of Shah v Home Office dealt with the causation test for discrimination arising from disability. It provides a useful reminder for HR that an employer does not have to be motivated by the employee’s disability for such a claim to succeed. The key question is whether the unfavourable treatment was because of something arising from the employee’s disability.
This guide explains disability as a protected characteristic, the second of nine characteristics that are protected from unlawful discrimination under the Equality Act 2010.
A disabled NHS worker has lost tribunal claims for harassment and discrimination after her manager joked she would have her own 'chauffeur' due to her disability travel grant.
A worker was subject to disability discrimination after his manager repeatedly sighed and made 'exaggerated exhales', an employment tribunal has found.