Day Lewis pharmacy assistant wins £19k disability discrimination payout

An employment tribunal has ordered Day Lewis to pay a pharmacy assistant almost £20,000 for dismissing her after “period of sickness absence”.

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“We don’t want her anymore, sick leave again, counter assistant the easiest to replace”

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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

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