Disability discrimination

Philip Landau
April 17, 2015
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Diabetes Type 2 is not a disability says the Appeal Tribunal

In the recent case of Metroline Travel Ltd v Stoute, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has found that diet-controlled Type 2 diabetes does not amount to a disability under the Equality Act 2010. Mr Stoute had been dismissed for gross misconduct from his job as a bus driver. He suffered from Type 2 diabetes, controlled […]

Philip Landau
December 21, 2014
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Obesity at work can now amount to a “disability”

Employers will have to change the way they treat overweight staff following a European Union court ruling that obesity can, in severe cases, constitute a disability. A landmark decision by the European Court of Justice has ruled that obesity at work, whilst not having protection as being recognised as a “disability” in itself, can still […]