£100k payout | Worker who requested four-day week due to disability sacked after boss used 'minor error' as an excuse to oust her

A care home manager who was sacked after asking to work four days a week has won more than £100,000 at an employment appeal tribunal.

Marie Raphael had requested reduced working hours after suffering a stroke, but she soon found herself accused of misconduct and was dismissed.

An employment judge has now ruled that Raphael’s boss was looking for an opportunity to sack her, and jumped on a ‘minor error’ as an excuse to oust her.

Raphael has now successfully sued for disability discrimination and unfair dismissal.