Neurodivergence | Worker claims ADHD led to their sacking - should HR have spotted the signs?

A judge has dismissed claims that a worker - who was sacked after turning up late on seven of their first nine days on the job – should've had their ADHD condition taken into consideration by the firm.

As reported by the Law Gazette, M Nabeel Ud-Din took former employer CJCH Solicitors to a tribunal after being sacked in 2019 for poor time-keeping and his attitude towards colleagues.

Ud-Din told the tribunal that, in being sacked, he had been the victim of disability discrimination, on account of having ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). However, the employment judge rejected Ud-Din's claims, ruling in favour of the firm after the firm which presented “clear and unequivocal” evidence that contradicted Ud-Din's claims he had made bosses aware of his neurodiversity.

The tribunal also rejected the notion that the ADHD should have been “self-evident”.