HMRC

1 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Mr G Normand respondent: HMRC Heard at: Newcastle On: 2 –9 February 2026 Before: Employment Judge Childe REPRESENTATION: Claimant: In person (represented by his wife Mrs Normand) Respondent: Mr Tinnion (Counsel) 2 JUDGMENT 1. The claimant’s claims for: a. discrimination arising from disability; b. failure to make reasonable adjustments; c. harassment related to disability; d. victimisation (s.27 EqA 2010); are not well founded and are dismissed. 3 REASONS Introduction 2. The Claimant brings claims for: a. discrimination arising from disability contrary to sections 15 and 39(2)(d) Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010); b. failure to make reasonable adjustments contrary to sections 20 and 39(5) EqA 2010; c. harassment related to disability (section 26 EqA 2010); and d. victimisation (s.27 EqA 2010). 3. I had access to an agreed tribunal bundle which ran to 919 pages. 4. Witness evidence was provided by the claimant himself and for the respondent; Mrs Tracy Fell, Front Line Manager and the claimant’s line manager, Mrs Kath Gray, Senior officer Business Unit Head and appeal officer and Mrs Amanda Heron, Business Unit Head for command 7. Brief summary of the case 5. The claimant’s case is that the issuing of a first written warning under the respondent’s absence management procedure after he had 47 days absence in 10 months, of which 9 related to his disability, was discrimination arising from disability and a failure to make reasonable adjustments. The claimant also alleges that the steps taken to manage the claimant’s absence amounted to harassment related to disability, and victimisation. 4 Day one of the final hearing- reasonable adjustments for the hearing itself 6. I asked the parties at the outset of the hearing whether any reasonable adjustments were required to enable them to part...