Manchester City Council

Case Summary

The claimant claimed disability discrimination against Manchester City Council for failure to make reasonable adjustments. The respondent conceded the claimant's disabled status but disputed that the requirement to work a five-day week put her at substantial disadvantage. The tribunal found the claim for failure to reasonably adjust succeeded, determining the respondent failed to make reasonable adjustments for compressed and reduced hours working from mid-July 2021 to November 2023.

The tribunal found that the respondent operated a provision, criterion or practice requiring the claimant to work five days per week, which put the claimant at a substantial disadvantage due to the overlapping effects of her anxiety, depression and menopause causing fatigue, lack of concentration and brain fog. The respondent failed to make reasonable adjustments by denying compressed four-day week and reduced hours working patterns that would have alleviated this disadvantage, instead employing a 'cut and paste' approach to refuse disability-related requests using pre-existing non-disability rationales.

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• •Whether claimant was disabled by anxiety, depression and menopause
• •Whether respondent had a PCP requiring five-day week working
• •Whether PCP put claimant at substantial disadvantage
• •Whether compressed and reduced hours were reasonable adjustments
• •Time limits for bringing discrimination claims

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