Tech employee loses sex discrimination case after suing bosses when he was banned from working from home to help care for his twins

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Tech employee loses sex discrimination case after suing bosses when he was banned from working from home to help care for his twins.

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A tech specialist who tried to sue his bosses after he was banned from working from home to help care for his twin boys has had his case thrown out.

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Paul Macdonald told a hearing in Scotland he had requested flexible working arrangements so he could assist his wife with childcare.He told his bosses at the Scottish office of international IT business Computershare if he would not be able to help his wife with the school run and other domestic chores at their home in Glasgow.Now, an employment tribunal has ruled that Mr Macdonald's requests to work from home were rejected legitimately because of the "detrimental impact on quality" working from home would entail.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The hearing heard how Mr Macdonald started working at the company in 2022 and he was still employed at the business, where his role involved dealing with "high-priority and time-critical IT incidents".

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He was based at the company's Edinburgh office, where he would be required to work for hours...

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