Dyslexic employee wins discrimination case against Starbucks

[Legal Beagles]

Starbucks has lost a disability discrimination case after it wrongly accused a dyslexic employee of falsifying documents when she had simply misread numbers she was responsible for recording. Campaigners say the ruling highlights the duty of all employers to make allowances for staff with dyslexia.In December, an employment tribunal found that Starbucks had victimised Meseret…
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Re: Dyslexic employee wins discrimination case against Starbucks

Starbucks has lost a disability discrimination case after it wrongly accused a dyslexic employee of falsifying documents when she had simply misread numbers she was responsible for recording. Campaigners say the ruling highlights the duty of all employers to make allowances for staff with dyslexia.In December, an employment tribunal found that Starbucks had victimised Meseret…
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Employers and everyone else, ie schools, colleges, university were already under a duty since the dyslexic Phelps won her case against the Local Education Authority who were vicariously liable for the actions of a psychologist. It's good news for dyslexic employees now - what is absurd is that disabled persons are a loss for the economy and dyslexic persons are no exception. It's about time employers come out of the dark ages and help people stay in jobs.