Hi there.
I'm writing on behalf of my friend who is in hospital.
Basically, she has Bipolar Disorder and her employer started to really pile on the pressure at work, and then also put her at risk of redundancy in a controversial selection pool. Last week she ended up having a mental breakdown and has had to be admitted to hospital.
Her other half has written a letter explaining that they should have made reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010, partcicularly in relation to the workload, so that it didn't get to the point of her having a mental breakdown due to the stress.
HR's response was that whilst they knew she had Bipolar Disorder they didn't know what it was (and didn't check either), so couldn't have been expected to make reasonable adjustments either with the workload or redundancy process.
Is that a suitable defence? Can they get away with it on the basis of ignorance?
Thanks.
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Employer doesn't know what Bipolar Disorder is!!
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runnermum1974 · 24/06/2013 10:55
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