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5 cases tagged Disability.
12-year employee resigns over grievance handling: constructive dismissal and remedy
A housing association was found to have constructively dismissed a long-serving employee after mishandling his grievance. The tribunal awarded over £11,000 in compensation, including a basic award of £6,096 and a compensatory award of £1,073.
Parkinson's and technical issues: tribunal extends time for unfair dismissal claim
A university academic with Parkinson's disease was allowed to pursue her unfair dismissal claim 10 days late after the tribunal found it was not reasonably practicable to file on time due to her disability and IT problems.
Fabrication welder loses unfair dismissal claim over redundancy selection while on furlough
A fabrication welder with 8 years' service was fairly dismissed for redundancy after being scored lowest in his pool, despite having undisclosed disabilities and being on furlough. The tribunal upheld the employer's process.
Constructive dismissal claim struck out after repeated failures to comply with tribunal orders
A communications manager who brought claims of discrimination and constructive unfair dismissal against The Alan Turing Institute had her case struck out after failing to comply with multiple tribunal orders over a year. The tribunal found a fair hearing was no longer possible.
Redundancy claim struck out after being brought nearly 10 years too late
A former employee who was made redundant in 2011 had her unfair dismissal claim struck out after she waited nearly a decade to bring it, despite having withdrawn an earlier claim. The Leeds tribunal found no reasonable prospect of extending time.