Case 1600412/2018 · Employment Tribunal

Miss C Robinson v Mind Monmouthshire Ltd — 2020

Case reference: 1600412/2018
Decision date: 7 May 2020
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge A Frazer Members
Venue: Cardiff
Panel members: Mrs L Thomas, Mrs C Williams

Indexed: 23 May 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

Miss C Robinson

Respondent

Mind Monmouthshire Ltd

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

The claimant worked for the respondent from February 2016 in an open-plan office. The tribunal accepted that there was frequent bad language and banter in the office, including racially and sexually offensive language and comments derogatory to disabled people. In August 2016 the claimant saw staff, including managers, imitating people with physical disabilities. She reported this to management, and the tribunal found that this amounted both to disability-related harassment and to a protected disclosure in the public interest.

Claims and outcomes

6 findings recorded

This case has mixed outcomes under at least one legal claim type. A tribunal can uphold some allegations and dismiss others under the same legal head, so rows below may represent separate issues or allegation groups from the judgment.

Claim type	Issue or finding	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Unfair dismissal	Automatic unfair dismissal under s.103A ERA 1996 on a constructive dismissal basis; tribunal found the claimant resigned in response to a breach of the implied term of trust and confidence, with the CEO's third-party enquiries on 30 November 2017 treated as the last straw.	Upheld	—	—
Whistleblowing	The tribunal found the claimant made a protected disclosure about staff mocking a physically disabled person, but the separate detriment allegations were not upheld: paragraph 4.3.1 was not upheld and paragraph 4.3.2 was held out of time.	Dismissed	—	—
Disability discrimination	Failure to make reasonable adjustments was upheld. The tribunal found the respondent's open-plan work environment and failure to act on Occupational Health recommendations, including mediation and other supportive steps, amounted to a breach of the duty.	Upheld	Disability	—
Disability discrimination	The s.15 Equality Act claim was not upheld. The tribunal accepted that requiring the claimant to raise a grievance was unfavourable treatment, but it did not find that the treatment was because of the matters identified in the list of issues.	Dismissed	Disability	—
Harassment	The disability-related harassment claim was found to be well out of time. The incident occurred in August 2016 and the tribunal did not extend time on a just and equitable basis.

Legal tests applied

13 references

Official outcome judgment PDF

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