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17 cases tagged Anxiety.
Teaching Assistant with ADHD, anxiety and depression found disabled under Equality Act
A tribunal ruled that a teaching assistant with ADHD, anxiety and depression was disabled at the time of her employment, allowing her disability discrimination claim to proceed.
Physiotherapist dismissed over COVID vaccine refusal: anxiety not a disability, tribunal rules
A physiotherapist with 12 years' service who was dismissed for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine without a medical exemption has failed to prove his anxiety amounted to a disability under equality law.
Street Scene Worker's constructive dismissal claim fails over shielding dispute
A Street Scene Worker with disabilities resigned after his employer required a GP fitness letter to return from shielding. The tribunal rejected his constructive unfair dismissal and disability discrimination claims.
Constructive dismissal claim fails: role overlap did not breach trust and confidence
A Frames Department Manager who resigned after a new Product Manager role was created lost her constructive unfair dismissal claim. The tribunal found the employer's actions were not a fundamental breach of contract.
Anxiety held to be a disability: tribunal rejects strike-out bid
A tribunal has ruled that an accounts and sales manager's anxiety was a disability under the Equality Act, and refused the employer's attempt to strike out the claim.
Parking Services Manager loses disability discrimination claim after tribunal finds no long-term impairment
A Parking Services Manager with anxiety and depression was not disabled under the Equality Act 2010, the tribunal ruled, striking out his discrimination claims.
Support worker dismissed for refusing face mask: tribunal upholds conduct dismissal
A support worker with 7 years' service was fairly dismissed after refusing to wear a face mask or a visor in the office. The tribunal found the employer acted within the band of reasonable responses.
Anxiety as a disability: tribunal finds mixed anxiety-depressive disorder is a long-term impairment
A former employee has been found to be disabled under the Equality Act 2010 due to anxiety, after the tribunal accepted that her condition had a substantial and long-term adverse effect on daily activities.
Process technician with recurrent stress fails to prove disability status
A tribunal has ruled that a Thames Water process technician with 15 years' service was not disabled under the Equality Act, dismissing his disability discrimination claims. The decision turned on whether his stress, anxiety and depression had a long-term substantial effect.
Placed at risk of redundancy while on sick leave: disability discrimination claim succeeds
A former employee with PTSD was placed at risk of redundancy while on sick leave. The tribunal found it was discrimination arising from disability and awarded £12,183.
Gardener dismissed for refusing COVID-19 test wins unfair dismissal and disability discrimination claim
A part-time gardener with anxiety was unfairly dismissed after refusing to take COVID-19 tests. The tribunal awarded £27,605.13 in damages.
Saying 'I'm done' with a stoma bag leak: when a resignation isn't a resignation
A factory supervisor with a colostomy who said 'I'm done' and handed in her keys during an anxiety attack was unfairly dismissed when her employer treated it as a resignation without checking. Tribunal awards £7,449.
SEO Lead's constructive dismissal claim fails: tribunal finds no disability or breach
A tribunal rejected a constructive dismissal and disability discrimination claim by a Harrods SEO Lead, finding he was not disabled and that the employer's performance management was not a breach of contract.
Redundancy of neighbourhood manager with epilepsy: disability claims fail
A neighbourhood manager with 13 years' service was made redundant when external funding for her role ended. The tribunal dismissed her claims of unfair dismissal and disability discrimination, finding the redundancy process was fair and unrelated to her epilepsy.
Constructive dismissal claim fails after six-month delay in resigning
A finance administrator who resigned after six months of sick leave lost her constructive dismissal claim because the tribunal found she had affirmed her contract by waiting too long.
Dismissed for refusing a face mask: when anxiety is a disability
A service advisor with anxiety who was dismissed for refusing to wear a face mask has won her disability discrimination claim. The tribunal found the employer failed to consider her medical condition.
Depression and anxiety: when a mental impairment counts as a disability
A customer care specialist with depression and anxiety was found to be disabled under the Equality Act, overturning an earlier tribunal decision that her condition was not long-term.