In Reilly v RT Management Bridgeton Ltd, an employment tribunal held that a line manager's failure to address an employee's request to have a sanitary waste disposal bin placed in the staff toilet because she was "the only female of menstruating age who used the toilet" constituted sex discrimination.
In Cox v Lancashire County Council, an employment tribunal held that allowing an autistic employee's wife to accompany him at a disciplinary hearing was a reasonable adjustment under disability discrimination legislation.
In Daly v BA Cityflyer Ltd, the employment tribunal awarded £38,742 for indirect sex discrimination to an in-flight business manager whose request for flexible working on her return from maternity leave was refused.
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