2020-08-02
The complainant experiences chronic lower-back joint pain, depression, and anxiety and at times uses a walking stick. She worked as a driver for the respondent government department and claimed that the department did not provide her with an accessible parking space, asked her not to use her walking stick and did not otherwise accommodate her disability. She also alleged colleagues bullied her because of her disability.
The department denied the allegations but indicated a willingness to participate in conciliation.
The complaint was resolved. The parties agreed to end the employment relationship. The department agreed to pay the complainant $18,000. The department also agreed to introduce a number of training and policy initiatives including the introduction of disability confidence training for management, a revision of existing training to include disability and discrimination training for all staff and measures to ensure better dissemination of complaints handling information internally, greater accessibility to policies for all staff and better visibility of contact information for the internal diversity officer.
Year
Discrimination type
Disability Discrimination Act
Grounds
Disability aid
Disability
Areas
Employment
Compensation
Anti-discrimination/EEO training introduced
Anti-discrimination/EEO training reviewed/revised
Amount
$18,000