F v Met Office for and on Behalf of the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Case No: 1403005/2020

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: F Respondent: Met Office for and on behalf of the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Heard at: Exeter On: 13-16 September 2021 Before: Employment Judge P S L Housego Tribunal Member R A Clarke Tribunal Member K J Sleeth Representation Claimant: In person Respondent: Robin Moi...

JUDGMENT The unanimous decision of the Tribunal is that Respondent discriminated against the Claimant by reason of disability.

REASONS Summary

1. F has complex PTSD. It can be triggered by exams, which F finds very hard to sit. The Met Office (as the Respondent is referred to in this judgment) has always known this, and has made adjustments. F narrowly failed to pass the final assessment (AMF). F wanted just to re-do the few points where F had not been passed as competent. The Met Office did not agree. They called a meeting at which F...