DWP

Case No: 2403387/2024 1 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Mrs Z Manjra Respondent: DWP HELD AT: Liverpool ON: 6 May 2025 BEFORE: Employment Judge Johnson REPRESENTATION: Claimant: Respondent: Mr David Flood (counsel) Mr Tim Wilkinson (counsel) JUDGMENT The judgment of the Tribunal is that: (1) At the relevant times the claimant was not a disabled person as defined by section 6 Equality Act 2010 because of Autism. (1) The asserted disabilities of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Long Covid Syndrome and Asthma are no longer relied upon by the claimant and dismissed upon withdrawal. (2) For the avoidance of doubt, those impairments already accepted by the respondent to be disabilities under section 6 Equality Act 2010 are unaffected by this decision and will remain to be determined as part of the claim of disability discrimination. (3) Consequently, the remaining conditions which are disabilities for the purpose of section 6 of the Equality Act 2010 and which have been accepted by the respondent are as follows: a) Fibromyalgia Case No: 2403387/2024 2 b) PTSD c) Anxiety d) Stress REASONS Introduction 1. These proceedings arose from the claimant’s employment as a work coach with the respondent and where she had worked since 21 September 1998. 2. The claimant presented a claim to the Tribunal on 5 June 2024 following a period of early conciliation from 16 April to 30 April 2024 and she raised a complaint of disability discrimination. 3. The respondent presented a response and grounds of resistance on 5 June 2024 and resisted the claim that had been brought as well as disputing that the claimant was disabled in relation to all the asserted conditions to which she had referred. 4. The claimant was subject to a preliminary hearing case management (PHCM) before Judge Ainscough on 24 October 2024 and in addition to listing this case for a 7 day final he...