City of York Council v Grosset EAT/0015/16
Reports relating to this case:
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Disability discrimination: Dismissing teacher for showing 18-rated film to underage pupils was disability discrimination
- Date:
- 13 April 2017
In City of York Council v Grosset EAT/0015/16, the EAT upheld a tribunal's decision that the dismissal of a teacher who showed an 18-rated film to a class of vulnerable 15- and 16-year-olds amounted to discrimination because of something arising from his disability under s.15 of the Equality Act 2010. The evidence available to the tribunal enabled a permissible conclusion that the misconduct arose in consequence of disability, and that dismissal was not objectively justified.
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Dismissal for showing 18-rated film to pupils was discrimination arising from disability
- Date:
- 9 January 2017
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that the dismissal of a teacher for showing an 18-rated film to a class of vulnerable 15- and 16-year-olds amounted to unfavourable treatment arising from his disability and was not justified.