What can I do... disability discrimination

[Ragevibration]

Name changed so this can't ever be linked to my other threads etc and have to be quite vague just in case.

I work in HR in an official admin role but act as more a generalist...

I have become aware of a blatant disability discrimination whereby a director is refusing to offer work to this particular employee (on a zero hour contract) work.

This particular individual has a condition which carries a lot of stigma.

I'm Not sure how the director found out he had this condition.

I am so angry I am shaking but I'm letting emotion cloud my judgement.

CEO agrees with director not to offer rhim more work.

What can I do, realistically?

I have become aware of a blatant disability discrimination whereby a director is refusing to offer work to this particular employee (on a zero hour contract) work

In what way have you 'become aware'. If you have no tangible way of proving it, you could be running the gauntlet challenging someone with quite a strong accusation there, if it's hearsay or it has been misconstrued.

Tread carefully is my advice, especially if you are admin and end up in an adversarial situation with a director. The tables could be turned on you.

Not suggesting you ignore, but get your facts straight and be aware of the dangers....

I have black and white proof in an email forwarded to me by a colleague.

"Please remove x from the job planner as we will not be offering him any work with immediate effect" ... when asked for the reasoning and advising it was discriminatory I was ignored but told in person it as because x is "disgusting".

Plus it is apparent from the job planner contractors being used at greater cost instead of x

Sorry and the condition has only just been disclosed to the company after having been an employee for 2 years as well

So regular work up until last few weeks whilst awaiting OH report, report just came through and I emailed to confirm clear to work and then the above email followed

Do you have a whistleblowing process?

I believe so... that had just occurred to me whilst I was in the shower so I will check tomorrow but I'm sure there is one

In addition to Whistle Blower protections you would be protected under the victimisation provisions of the Equality Act if they treated you detrimentally as a result of you complaining. Be explicit that your complaint relates to disability discrimination and then your are covered. Put your complaint in an email so they can never deny you raised the complaint. Good luck!

I'm guessing it may be something like HIV?

If the email says they won't be offering him any more work, but you were only told the reason verbally, then you will find it hard to prove.

I do sympathise, as a disabled person myself.

Not easy because the email doesn't give the reason and the reason given which is clearly discriminatory was told verbally not written. That person might very well know not to put anything on paper.

Doesn't mean it shouldn't be reported, but is there anything else to go by? Have they shown discrimination in other instances?

What is the condition.?

You need to save the emails. Because Im sure that there will be a computer glitch once things get going.

It's clear from your updates OP that you have chronology and provenance re this director's attitudes and motives. In the cold light of day, there is nothing tangible you can produce that incriminates them. Maybe if he'd said it in a room full of people, all of whom were willing to be witnesses at Tribunal, it might hold water. Of course people with prejudices invariably cover themselves, and it goes under the radar.

The man in this week's headlines shouting abuse at that poor woman on the plane are more rare than people like the director who hold those prejudices to themselves when they know it can get them into hot water.