Business Disability Forum responds to Starbucks employee dyslexia discrimination case
Press release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 10 February 2016
Business Disability Forum (BDF) has learned of the recent case in which a Starbucks employee with dyslexia has won a disability discrimination case against her employer.
A tribunal found Meseret Kumulchew had been discriminated against after making mistakes due to her difficulties with reading, writing and telling the time.
The tribunal found that Starbucks had failed to make the workplace adjustments necessary to allow Ms Kumulchew to carry out her role. The organisation was also accused of having little or no understanding