Ann Barker says claiming mental health benefits is "hideous" One in two people who appealed in court against a decision to deny them disability benefits was successful, analysis of five years of data ...

An employee with long Covid has won an employment tribunal for unfair dismissal, becoming the first person to successfully claim that the condition should be classed as a disability. Scotland resident ...

A caretaker has successfully claimed that long Covid is a disability in what could prove to be a landmark tribunal ruling. Terence Burke is believed to be the first person in Britain to have the ...

The number of employment tribunal claims for discrimination arising from disability appears to be rising. John Charlton looks at what is behind the trend, and asks how future developments could affect ...

The Department for Work and Pensions has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other employer in Britain since 2016. BBC Panorama found the DWP lost 17 of 134 claims of ...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal overturned a decision dismissing a disability discrimination claim due to procedural errors in assessing the claimant's condition The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Mental health news every morning. Companies are being hit by a rise in employment tribunal cases for disability discrimination following ...