'Extremely aggrieved' | HR thwarts disabled worker's promotion hopes - how did they get it wrong?

A worker who was denied a chance at promotion, because his disability meant he couldn’t drive, has won a five-figure sum at an employment tribunal.

HMRC worker Hamish Drummond, from Dundee, Scotland, was qualified to apply for one of 10 senior tax investigator job vacancies in 2020.

However, despite his 20 years of tax office experience, despite the job being a more senior role of the position he already held, his hopes were dashed on account of his disability.

HR bosses at HMRC said that a driving licence was essential for the senior job. Unfortunately, Drummond suffers from extreme onsets of dizziness and fainting, which ultimately led to his driving license being revoked in 2018, the tribunal heard.