Service for a long time British Airways The cabin crew member won a claim of discrimination when it was fired when she became Unable to fly Due to stress and anxiety.
Jennifer cliford Worked for airline For nearly 40 years, but in September 2021, symptoms of stress and depression developed, leading to a period of sick holiday.
He was temporarily taken into a ground role, but was rejected even after being unable to return to his flight in late 2022. Ms. Clifford stated that her situation was minimized by the company, the managers described her as a “just a little worry”.
A tribunal has accepted his claim of discrimination, with which it was concluded that the airline should have considered him to re -prepare for an alternative ground role rather than rejecting it.
Ms. Clifford began working as a cabin crew for British Airways in 1983, before Kovid -19 epidemic to become an inflight manager.
He was placed on the furls in April 2020 and said that he would be made meaningless in August. However, he was then offered an alternative role of the cabin crew, which was two grades under his previous job, and started a complaint about it.
In September 2021, he started his sick holiday period, his first to work in airline in about 40 years.
She told her owners that she would commit to a phased return in a ground role in the Gatwick Airport, which was close to her home compared to her normal Heathro base.
He was offered a role in the Heathro Help Hub and began a phased return to work two days a week in September 2022.
When it took three days a week, Ms. Clifford told BA that she was found to be heavy and long-term traffic and rapid craving and noise environment was making a significant impact on her goodness.
Here her line manager, Nigel Landy asked her several times why she felt overwhelmed and described her as “just a little worry”.
The tribunal also heard how Mr. Landy told the staff: “If you do not like to work here, leave it.”
When she was still unable to fly by the end of 2022, her expiration date was scheduled for March 2023, but she left in December 2022.
The complaint of Ms. Clifford was said by Tribunal Judge Emma Hawkworth, who said: “The claimant required a phased return to a grounded duties before returning to her full contractual flight role.
“He was due to the need to rebuild his confidence and give time to give time to re -work, and these requirements arose from his disabilities. He had a problem in working in the hub due to his busy environment, arising out of his anxiety and depression, causing him to struggle with long -lasting feelings.
“She was unable to return to the role of her flight, when she needs to do so by the defendant at the end of the Resource and Recruitment Placement, due to anxiety and depression, due to her anxiety and depression.
The verdict said: “The claimant had a very long service with the defendant. He had a long period of absence from work, due to the things he was not responsible for: a long period and a long period when the defendant was considering his complaint.
“A proper employer would have given the contender a long and more suitable phased return and consider redistribution to an base -based role before deciding to dismiss it.”
In addition to Ms. Clifford’s sex discrimination, the claim was rejected.