Tribunal ruling goes against NSPCC in disability case

By Andy Ricketts, Third Sector, 23 July 2008

The NSPCC will have to pay a former employee more than £14,000 in compensation after an employment tribunal ruled that the charity had failed to make adjustments for her because of her disability.

Last week, the tribunal in Exeter found that the NSPCC had failed to make reasonable adjustments for former community appeals manager Deborah Da'Bell, whose heart condition means she is fitted with a pacemaker. It awarded £14,160 damages. But the tribunal rejected Da'Bell's claim of constructive dismissal. She resigned from the organisation in 2006. A spokesman...

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