£32k award for chronic migraines An Employment Tribunal has found that Medway NHS Foundation Trust unlawfully discriminated against a trainee clinical coder because of disability and failed to make reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010. Mrs Y Barron began working for the Trust on 7 January 2013 and, in August 2021, started a three-year […]
£177k award for disability discrimination A college lecturer has been awarded over £177,000 after her employer, Mid Kent College, was found to have discriminated against her on the grounds of disability, failure to make reasonable adjustments and harassment. Dr Turton was employed as a Psychology Lecturer from 2014 until she took voluntary redundancy in 2022.
The immensely popular Occupational Health Assessment Limited quarterly webinars return for another year of fun, informative, interactive and engaging presentations. Our first event of 2026 will look at some of the key employment issues of the moment. Our expert, informative & enlightening speakers for this webinar include: Employment Law expert Emily Yeardley will consider
The start of a new year brings new challenges for employers and their HR teams, and the Occupational Health Assessment Limited team have hit the ground running to help guide you through the challenges in the months ahead. So welcome back to our website and let’s take a look at what we have in store
We are now rapidly approaching the end of the calendar year and the team at Occupational Health Assessment Limited would like to extend our season’s greetings to all our clients and professional contacts for the festive period ahead. But before we close for the year, we would like to conclude with a couple of housekeeping
2025 has seen Occupational Health Assessment Limited deliver on our commitment to four quarterly webinars. These events have covered a wide range of employment, Human Resources (HR), employment law and wellbeing themes. The webinars have been very well received by the hundreds of delegates who have attended our events. Indeed, it has been a year
The Christmas shutdown & UK employers Occupational Health Assessment Limited have delivered a wide range of virtual and face-to-face events throughout 2025. This series culminated in our December webinar timed to follow The Budget and to consider the continued challenges of the government’s access to work scheme. Yet our last event also provided some other
Our research highlights increased health and wellbeing challenges for older employees. Research undertaken by Occupational Health Assessment Limited in September suggests that UK employers remain largely unprepared for the realities of an ageing workforce. The recently published Keep Britain Working final report confirmed that the UK “is getting older and living longer and becoming sicker
Join Occupational Health Assessment Limited for our latest fun, informative and engaging HR & Employment Webinar (2nd December 2025). Our final webinar of the calendar year will update attendees on the key Budget decisions, the Keep Britain Working review, and the Employment Rights Act as well as other important and topical workforce issues. Our
£24k award over £50 Bluetooth headset A chef with dyslexia who repeatedly struggled to read on-screen orders has been awarded £24,000 from his employer after a tribunal found a failure to make reasonable adjustments. The case concerned Greene King Retail Services Limited who employed the kitchen chef from 15th September to 23rd November 2023 at