Royal Mail Group Ltd

Case Summary

Miss A Punter successfully claimed section 15 discrimination arising from disability against Royal Mail Group Ltd, receiving compensation for injury to feelings and past financial losses, as well as an ACAS uplift.

The claimant successfully established that Royal Mail Group Ltd discriminated against her arising from disability under section 15 of the Equality Act 2010, and the tribunal awarded compensation for injury to feelings, past financial losses, and an ACAS uplift.

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• •failure to allow the claimant to return to work on a phased basis with reduced hours from 13 February 2023
• •failure to provide the claimant with new PPE/footwear on her return to work on/from 13 February 2023

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Miss A Punter Respondent: Royal Mail Group Ltd Heard at: Manchester On: 5 to 8 August 2025 Before: Employment Judge Eeley Mrs F Crane Mr S Carter Representation Claimant: In person Respondent: Ms H Kendrick, solicitor JUDGMENT 1. The claimant’s claim of unfair dismissal is not well founded and is dismissed. 2. The claimant’s complaint of section 15 discrimination arising from disability is well founded and succeeds. 3. The following complaints of failure to make reasonable adjustments for disability are well founded and succeed: a. The failure to allow the claimant to return to work on a phased basis with reduced hours from 13 February 2023 (paragraphs 2.1 to 2.3 of the list of issues.) b. The failure to provide the claimant with new PPE/footwear on her return to work on/from 13 February 2023 (paragraphs 2.4 to 2.6 of the list of issues.) 4. The remaining complaints of failure to make reasonable adjustments for disability are not well founded and are dismissed. 5. The successful complaints of failure to make reasonable adjustments were not presented to the Tribunal within the applicable time limit but it is just and equitable to extent the time limit. 6. The respondent unreasonably failed to comply with the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures 2015 and it is just and equitable to increase the compensation payable to the claimant by 10% in accordance with s 207A Trade Union & Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. 7. The respondent shall pay the claimant the following sums: a. Compensation for past financial losses: £767.46; b. Interest on compensation for past financial losses calculated in accordance with the Employment Tribunals (Interest on Awards in Discrimination Cases) Regulations 1996: £45.25; c. Compensation for injury to feelings: £14,500; d. …