Has anyone been through the employment tribunal process?
I’m going through it myself for various forms of disability discrimination and unfair dismissal (due to my disability-related sickness absence). I had around 17/18 days of sickness absences over the course of my 3 years at my previous job. Most of these were related to my disabilities, which my former employer were aware of. Thankfully, I can prove this.
They also repeatedly refused to implement reasonable adjustments, which would have avoided my dismissal. They asserted multiple times that I had to be treated the same as every other employee.
We are approaching disclosure and the final hearing is scheduled for mid 2025.
I refused judicial mediation, but my employer has informed me that they are eager to settle. I think this is because they care so much about their reputation. If how they treated me became public, it would be damning for them. They would lose clients and money etc.
I fully intend on proceeding to the final hearing in hope that they learn their lesson and won’t subject their other employees to the same treatment. It has been awful.
Any advice or words of support is much appreciated.