Equality Act | WFH refusal for employee with agoraphobia was disability discrimination, tribunal rules

An employer may breach the Equality Act if it refuses homeworking arrangements for employees with conditions such as agoraphobia without properly considering reasonable adjustments, an employment tribunal has found.

The ruling came in the case of Marina Dudding, a housing allocation officer at Gravesham Borough Council, whose request to work from home two days a week - following an absence linked to anxiety, depression and agoraphobia - was rejected.