Mr G Normand v Hmr Group Holdings Limited — 2026

The claimant brought claims about the respondent's absence management process, including the issuing of a first written warning after 47 days' absence in 10 months, of which 9 days related to his disability. The disability relied on was irritable bowel syndrome, with stress and anxiety described as factors that could exacerbate symptoms rather than as separate disabilities.

The tribunal dismissed the claims for discrimination arising from disability, failure to make reasonable adjustments, harassment related to disability and victimisation. In the reasoning excerpts provided, the tribunal found that several alleged acts had not occurred as alleged, that some steps were ordinary absence management steps or were taken for reasons such as non-disability-related sickness absence or performance concerns, and that the claimant had not shown the required connection to disability or protected acts.

No remedy was awarded because the claims were dismissed. The prompt states that the PDF text was truncated, so this summary is based on the available opening judgment and provided reasoning excerpts.