GP receptionist in high-risk group was discriminated against when she couldn’t work remotely during pandemic, tribunal rules
A GP receptionist whose medical conditions – which are classed as a disability under the Equality Act – placed her in the high-risk group during the pandemic was discriminated against when she was not allowed to work from home, a tribunal has ruled.
The tribunal found that Staines Road Surgery (SRS) put Tracy Keown, who experienced microvascular angina, at a “substantial disadvantage” when it did not provide her with a laptop or acquire funding for a new phone system as the practice manager did not think it was “practical” for her to work from home.
The surgery’s argument that Keown couldn’t work from home because she was required to perform “certain tasks” was thrown out by the judge, who found in cross examination that she never had to perform those tasks.
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