Starbucks became the subject of media attention recently when one of its employees, Meseret Kumulchew, won her case for dyslexia disability discrimination. Her claim arose from her employer’s failure to make reasonable adjustments for her dyslexia. She also won a claim for victimisation.
After Meseret had been discriminated against after making mistakes due to her reading and writing difficulties she was given lesser duties and told to retrain.
Starbucks said it was in discussions about providing more workplace support.
Employers have to be very careful to ensure that they do not put themselves in a compromising position which could result in expensive compensation claims being made.
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