An employment tribunal in the UK has for the first time ruled that a person’s long-COVID is a disability protected by the Equality Act 2010. However, we must be cautious in assuming that from now on ...
In Phillips v Aneurin Bevan University Local Health Board, the Cardiff Employment Tribunal ("ET") held that work related stress can amount to a disability, as defined by the UK Equality Act 2010 ("EqA ...
Telling an employee they are too slow at work could be disability discrimination, a tribunal judgment suggests. The ruling comes after an NHS trainee won £32,000 at an employment tribunal because she ...
British workers who are sensitive to rejection can sue for disability discrimination, according to a new tribunal judgment. Employees in the UK can sue for discrimination under employment law if they ...
Baldness in women can now be classified as a “disability”, judges have ruled. The verdict came in a £277,000 court battle between a specialist wig maker and the taxman.
The Delhi High Court ruled in favor of a retired Air Force officer, stating that hypertension cannot be dismissed as a mere lifestyle disorder to deny disability pension. The court emphasized that the ...