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A disability charity which campaigns for an end to discrimination against autistic people in the workplace unfairly dismissed an autistic member of its own staff, an employment tribunal has found. Dave Gregson was employed as a support worker by United Response […]
A disability charity which campaigns for an end to the hostility faced by autistic people in the workplace has this week been defending its actions in an employment tribunal, following allegations made by an autistic former employee. Dave Gregson (pictured) worked […]
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) managers “victimised” a disabled member of staff after she claimed that she had faced workplace discrimination, an employment tribunal has ruled. It is just the latest case to raise concerns that DWP is institutionally disablist, […]
The Employment Tribunal has dealt with almost 60 claims of disability discrimination taken against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) by its own staff over a 20-month period, new research has shown. A database on the Employment Tribunal website shows […]
A graphic designer who was prevented from taking a disability discrimination case against his former employer because he could not afford the tribunal fees has welcomed the Supreme Court’s ruling that the government’s decision to introduce the charges was unlawful. The […]
A disabled man has had to return to the factory where he has twice been victimised by the same manager in a campaign of bullying and harassment that he says has lasted more than seven years. An employment tribunal has decided […]