ET Claim Help Disability Discrimination

[celestesmummy]

Hi,

 

My husband has been off sick for just over 2 years. 10 months ago he was signed 'may be fit to work' with restrictions by his GP and his employer's OHD. However, the company (a huge multi-national) have flatly refused to allow him back to work and say that the restrictions laid out by the OHD make it impossible for them to make reasonable adjustments.

 

He's now on £0 salary as his OSP ceased and his ESA is about to be stopped because when he's assessed by them next week, they'll say he's fit to work, which he is. However for the first 15-18 months of his sick leave he was physically disabled by a Conversion/Dissociative Disorder and suffered symptoms of a catastrophic stroke, which has required months of rehabilitation with speech and language therapists, physios etc.

 

He just filed an ET1 against his company for disability discrimination and failing to make reasonable adjustments under the EqA. But he has an uncommon complaint and I'm wondering if the Equality Act recognise Conversion/Dissociative Disorder as a disability for employment purposes?

 

Grateful for any advice x

[becky2585]

It's not automatically classed as a disability under the Equality Act (unless its a progressive condition?) but he probably will be covered nonetheless if its a long term impairment which substantially affects his daily activities.

[Emmzzi]

just popping by to agree with becky. Sorry you are having to go though this, let us know if you have other questions.

[celestesmummy]

The thing is, it did affect him substantially for well over a year, but he's so much better now, you'd never know there had been a problem...