Perde la pretesa una scienziata socialmente ansiosa che ha fatto causa perché non era stata invitata alla festa di Natale mentre era in malattia | Posta quotidiana in linea

Suing her workplace isn’t going to help her anxiety levels…

“Ms Caughman, who suffers from agoraphobia – a condition involving fear of leaving home or being in crowded places – tried to claim that being excluded from the eight-person work party amounted to disability discrimination.”

Did she expect it to take place in her house? Name a single job which guarantees you a Christmas party. Probably lead to someone suing as they didn’t bring in cakes for their birthday.

>The report also stated that she wanted to be exempt from team meetings and social gatherings so that she could miss them.

>After the report was produced, Ms Caughman clarified in a meeting that she did not agree with the wording around exemption from meeting and social gatherings because she enjoyed social gatherings and ‘just wanted a choice’.

Either you’re well enough to do these things, or you’re not. “Just wanting a choice” is not a medical condition lol. What a chancer.

between a rock and a hard place for the employers

should never have come to a tribunal tbh as things like this can easily be talked out to clear up any misunderstandings

>The tribunal ruled that not inviting Ms Caughman to the Christmas party was discrimination, but it was a ‘justified’ reaction to her comments about her mental health at the time.

It’s actually alarming that they ruled it is discrimination (albeit justified).

She chanced her arm at getting a wad of cash, instead she has become unemployable. Just a quick google search at the check stage will render her unemployed for a while. Still she doesnt like leaving the house so might suit her.

>An occupational health report was made by an occupational therapist, which claimed that Ms Caughman needed adjustments to be made to allow her return because of her disabilities, like flexible working hours and being able to work from home.

>The report also stated that **she wanted to be exempt from team meetings and social gatherings** so that she could miss them.

I would argue that asking to be exempt from social gatherings, then suing for not being invited to a social gathering, is a bold move.

I don’t know whether Google has gone to shit when I try to search for this but not even the other rags appear to be reporting on this, and since the Daily Mail would naturally hate this woman, it’s hard to really see the truth in here because it clearly wants us to hate her too, but I’m going to try.

The issue isn’t that she was on sick leave, you can see that from the article, but I can see people in the comments are running with that despite the company saying otherwise. They specifically told her that they didn’t invite her because of her disability, which they assumed would be distressing for her. The problem is, you can’t do things like that. I’ve seen companies do this with autistic people – make provisions they never asked for or exclude them from things under the misguided assumption that they’re doing good for them. The point they’re making is that it is discrimination to just blanket say “I’m going to exclude you from doing social <thing> because you have <thing>” (bearing in mind, this isn’t work or some kind of situation where they’d be liable or stupid – this isn’t like saying someone with no arms can’t lift boxes) but at the same time, they’ve considered it justifiable because it does seem logical that an agoraphobic wouldn’t want to go to a social gathering.

That’s lovely isn’t it? Poetic even. And how do you feel now socially anxious scientist? Lol grow up.