Mr S McCready v Alten Ltd — 2025

The claimant disclosed that he had multiple sclerosis on 7 August 2023 and asked what adjustments could be made. The tribunal found that the respondent knew about the disability from that date and that the claimant's reduced ability to attend site arose in consequence of disability.

The tribunal found that a requirement to attend site put the claimant at a substantial disadvantage because his impaired autoimmunity made site attendance more dangerous to his health. It found that steps including reduced site attendance, managing on-site work within the team, permitting a respirator, and considering isolated on-site workspace were reasonable, and that the respondent had not shown these would have been unreasonable or impractical.

The unfavourable treatment and reasonable adjustments complaints succeeded. The indirect disability discrimination complaint was dismissed because the tribunal did not have enough evidence to conclude that the relevant PCPs put people with multiple sclerosis as a group at a particular disadvantage compared with people without that condition.