Disability discrimination: bonus scheme | Practical Law

Disability discrimination: bonus scheme | Practical Law

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employer’s operation of a bonus scheme that did not make payments to employees who had warnings for high levels of sickness absence unlawfully discriminated against disabled employees.

Disability discrimination: bonus scheme

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Disability discrimination: bonus scheme

by Squire Patton Boggs and Practical Law Employment
Published on 26 Mar 2015United Kingdom
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employer’s operation of a bonus scheme that did not make payments to employees who had warnings for high levels of sickness absence unlawfully discriminated against disabled employees.
For full coverage of this case, see Practical Law Employment, Legal update, Non-payment of bonus to disabled employees was discrimination.