'Treated like a drama queen' | £4.6m payout for council worker sacked during Grenfell Tower PTSD battle

A council worker who lost her job during a battle with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following the Grenfell Tower disaster has been awarded a record £4.6million by an employment tribunal.

Rachael Wright-Turner successfully sued the London Borough of Hammersmith for disability discrimination and harassment after being dismissed from her £125,000-a-year role in 2018, resulting in a six-year legal battle that has now resulted in the record compensation figure.

Ms Wright-Turner, 52, was sacked from her post as director of public service reform while taking time off with PTSD, which she had developed while employed at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, as an Humanitarian Assistance Lead Officer, supporting those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.

The tragedy, which occurred in June 2017, claimed the lives of 72 people.