Negative verbal reference and job offer withdrawal were discrimination arising from disability

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  Pnaiser v NHS England and another [2016] IRLR 170 EAT (1 other report)

  • Disability discrimination: Negative reference and withdrawal of job offer were discrimination arising from disability

    Date:

    3 May 2016

    In Pnaiser v NHS England and another [2016] IRLR 170 EAT, the EAT held that a former employer unlawfully discriminated against a disabled employee who had taken significant disability-related sick leave in giving her a negative reference, and her prospective employer discriminated by withdrawing the job offer.