Employees with agoraphobia can sue bosses after work from home request rejected, landmark tribunal rules
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Employees with agoraphobia can sue their employers if a work from home request is rejected, a landmark tribunal has ruled.
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The judgment, handed down by London South Employment Tribunal, establishes that forcing workers with the anxiety condition to attend the office can constitute unlawful disability discrimination under UK employment law.Agoraphobia is characterised by intense fear of situations that are difficult to escape from, leaving many sufferers too anxious to leave their homes.The ruling follows a successful legal challenge by Marina Dudding, a long-serving council worker who sued Gravesham Borough Council in Kent after her established hybrid working arrangement was revoked when she returned from sick leave.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Ms Dudding, who had worked for the council since September 2000, won two disability discrimination claims, one indirect disability discrimination claim and an unfair dismissal claim.She is now set for compensation following the judgement....
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