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Justice obtained? How disabled claimants fare at Employment Tribunals

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  • Laura William
  • Birgit Pauksztat
  • Susan Corby

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This article explores disability discrimination cases at British Employment Tribunals. Analysing over 750 judgments, it examines the characteristics of claimants and the factors associated with the failure of cases: restrictive judicial decisions, complex legal tests, inequality of arms between claimant and employer and the stigma attached to claimants with mental impairments, providing some evidence for a hierarchy of impairments.

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  • Laura William & Birgit Pauksztat & Susan Corby, 2019. "Justice obtained? How disabled claimants fare at Employment Tribunals," Industrial Relations Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 50(4), pages 314-330, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:indrel:v:50:y:2019:i:4:p:314-330
    DOI: 10.1111/irj.12260
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    1. Laura C. William, 2016. "The implementation of equality legislation: the case of disabled graduates and reasonable adjustments," Industrial Relations Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(4), pages 341-359, July.
    2. Ioana Marinescu, 2011. "Are Judges Sensitive to Economic Conditions? Evidence from Uk Employment Tribunals," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 64(4), pages 673-698, July.
    3. Deborah Foster & Peter Scott, 2015. "Nobody's responsibility: the precarious position of disabled employees in the UK workplace," Industrial Relations Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(4), pages 328-343, July.
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