Decision date
31 March 2026
Tribunal
Employment Tribunal
Jurisdiction
Scotland
Judge
Employment Judge J McCluskey
Case Summary
The claimant, an IT Incident Manager, brought complaints of direct associative disability discrimination, indirect sex discrimination, and indirect disability discrimination following the respondent's refusal of his flexible working request on 10 March 2025. The tribunal heard evidence regarding the claimant's care responsibilities for disabled twins and the respondent's business reasons for requiring office attendance. All three complaints were dismissed as not well founded.
Why this outcome?
Claim not well-foundedThe tribunal found that all three discrimination claims were not well founded. The respondent's refusal of the flexible working request was not discriminatory; instead, the refusal was based on legitimate business reasons including detrimental effect on ability to meet customer demands and the need for office collaboration.
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Key Issues
- •Direct associative disability discrimination under section 13 Equality Act 2010
- •Indirect sex discrimination under section 19A Equality Act 2010
- •Indirect disability discrimination under section 19A Equality Act 2010
- •Refusal of flexible working request
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Case Details
- Case No.
- 8001730/2025
- Tribunal
- Employment Tribunal
- Level
- First instance
- Decision
- 31 March 2026
- Published
- 7 May 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Scotland
- Judge
- Employment Judge J McCluskey
- Industry
- technology support services
- Representation
- Legally represented
Registered Company
- Company name
- COMPUTERSHARE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
- Company number
- 03199675
- Industry
- Technology & Telecoms
- Status
- active