V Hill v Cornwall Hospice Care Ltd: 1402077/2022
[1]In a unanimous decision the Tribunal orders are;(i) The complaint of direct discrimination by refusing to postpone the disciplinary hearing is not well-founded and is dismissed.(ii) The complaint of direct disability discrimination by bringing the disciplinary hearing forward is well-founded and succeeds. Case Number: 1402077/2022 2(iii) The complaint of unfavourable treatment because of something arising in consequence of disability, namely the decision to bring the disciplinary hearing forward is well-founded and succeeds.(iv) The complaint of unfavourable treatment because of something arising in consequence of disability, namely the decision not to postpone the disciplinary hearing is not well-founded and is dismissed. Remedy[2]The Respondent shall pay the claimant the following sums: a.[4](days) X £164.34 £657.36 (net) Plus, Interest @ 8% at 991 days agreed at , £156.04 b. Compensation for injury to feelings: £5000.00 c. Interest on compensation for injury to feelings calculated in accordance with the Employment Tribunals (Interest on Awards in Discrimination Cases) Regulations 1996, interest on the injury to feeling @ 8% for 983 days (18.06.2022 to 05.03.2025) £1186.85 Total award £7000.25 Approved by: Employment Judge Mensah 05.03.2025 Note Reasons for the judgment were given orally at the hearing. Written reasons will not be provided unless a party asked for them at the hearing or a party makes a written request within 14 days of the sending of this written record of the decision. Public access to employment tribunal decisions Judgments (apart from judgments under rule 51) and reasons for the judgments are published, in full, online at www.gov.uk/employment-tribunal-decisions shortly after a copy has been sent to the claimant(s) and respondent(s) in a case.