Dyslexic shop worker made redundant for inaccuracies in emails was discriminated against, tribunal rules
A dyslexic store layout planner was dismissed and discriminated against when she was selected for a redundancy process based on her ability to communicate and express her thoughts in emails.
The tribunal ruled that Marks and Spencer (M&S) did not seek expert opinion from occupational health about Ms Jandu’s dyslexia, and that it “discriminated against her because of things arising in consequence of her disability”.
The London Central Tribunal ruled that M&S’s selection criteria was unfair as it “contained no purely objective elements and left a great deal of scope for subjective opinion”.
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