Miss M Bowyer v Department for Work and Pensions: 2411264/2023

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS

Case No 2411264/2023

Between

Miss M BowyerClaimant

Department for Work and PensionsRespondent

Before

Regional Employment Judge Franey

In person for claimant

Mr J Hurd (instructed by Counsel) for respondent

Date 6 June 2025

JUDGMENT

The unanimous judgment of the Tribunal is as follows:

[1]The complaints of direct disability discrimination contrary to Section 13 Equality Act 2010 are not well-founded and are dismissed.

[2]The complaints of discrimination arising from disability contrary to Section 15 Equality Act 2010 are not well-founded and are dismissed.

[3]It is just and equitable to extend time to 19 October 2023 so the Tribunal has jurisdiction over the complaint of a breach of the duty to make reasonable adjustments contrary to Sections 20 and 21 Equality Act 2010 in relation to the failure to resolve the claimant’s requests for reasonable adjustments prior to requiring her to accept the offer of a Labour Market Decision Maker role in March 2023. That complaint is well-founded and succeeds.

[4]The remaining complaints of a breach of the duty to make reasonable adjustments are not well-founded and are dismissed.

[5]The respondent did not fail to comply with the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures 2015 in relation to the handling of the grievance filed by the claimant on 8 August 2023, so no uplift to compensation is awarded.

[6]As compensation for the failure to make reasonable adjustments in paragraph 3 above the respondent is ordered to pay the claimant the sum of £7,500.00 as compensation for injury to her feelings, including any injury to her health, and interest of £1,326.58 making a total award of £8,826.58. Approved by