Sozialkritische Wissenschaftlerin, die geklagt hat, weil sie während ihrer Abwesenheit nicht zur Weihnachtsfeier eingeladen wurde, verliert Klage | Tägliche Post online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15501349/Socially-anxious-colleague-work-Christmas-party-discrimination.html
Von CasualSmurf
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Can’t be that socially anxious if she’s up for suing over some nonsense.
Suing her workplace isn’t going to help her anxiety levels…
Why would you invite someone to a party that is off sick…
“Ms Caughman, who suffers from agoraphobia – a condition involving fear of leaving home or being in crowded places – tried to claim that being excluded from the eight-person work party amounted to disability discrimination.”
Did she expect it to take place in her house? Name a single job which guarantees you a Christmas party. Probably lead to someone suing as they didn’t bring in cakes for their birthday.
Shit like this is probably why they didn’t invite her in the first place
>The report also stated that she wanted to be exempt from team meetings and social gatherings so that she could miss them.
>After the report was produced, Ms Caughman clarified in a meeting that she did not agree with the wording around exemption from meeting and social gatherings because she enjoyed social gatherings and ‚just wanted a choice‘.
Either you’re well enough to do these things, or you’re not. “Just wanting a choice” is not a medical condition lol. What a chancer.
What a joy it must be to have to deal with these people. She’s a grifter and I hope any future potential employers are all aware of her.
between a rock and a hard place for the employers
should never have come to a tribunal tbh as things like this can easily be talked out to clear up any misunderstandings
„Ms Caughman also unsuccessfully claimed for harassment, victimisation, reasonable adjustment and constructive dismissal.“
You’d think she’d have got one of them to stick!
>The tribunal ruled that not inviting Ms Caughman to the Christmas party was discrimination, but it was a ‚justified‘ reaction to her comments about her mental health at the time.
It’s actually alarming that they ruled it is discrimination (albeit justified).
She went off sick from July and never returned to work. If a colleague of mine disappeared in July and I never heard from them after that I probably wouldnt invite them to a party either
She chanced her arm at getting a wad of cash, instead she has become unemployable. Just a quick google search at the check stage will render her unemployed for a while. Still she doesnt like leaving the house so might suit her.
In my experience, Shelbys are to be avoided in the workplace in all circumstances. *shudders*
>An occupational health report was made by an occupational therapist, which claimed that Ms Caughman needed adjustments to be made to allow her return because of her disabilities, like flexible working hours and being able to work from home.
>The report also stated that **she wanted to be exempt from team meetings and social gatherings** so that she could miss them.
I would argue that asking to be exempt from social gatherings, then suing for not being invited to a social gathering, is a bold move.
I never get invited to the work party and I’m fit and health!
I don’t know whether Google has gone to shit when I try to search for this but not even the other rags appear to be reporting on this, and since the Daily Mail would naturally hate this woman, it’s hard to really see the truth in here because it clearly wants us to hate her too, but I’m going to try.
The issue isn’t that she was on sick leave, you can see that from the article, but I can see people in the comments are running with that despite the company saying otherwise. They specifically told her that they didn’t invite her because of her disability, which they assumed would be distressing for her. The problem is, you can’t do things like that. I’ve seen companies do this with autistic people – make provisions they never asked for or exclude them from things under the misguided assumption that they’re doing good for them. The point they’re making is that it is discrimination to just blanket say „I’m going to exclude you from doing social <thing> because you have <thing>“ (bearing in mind, this isn’t work or some kind of situation where they’d be liable or stupid – this isn’t like saying someone with no arms can’t lift boxes) but at the same time, they’ve considered it justifiable because it does seem logical that an agoraphobic wouldn’t want to go to a social gathering.
Her instagram shows her out and about all over the U.K, drinking outside in Germany, partying with loads of people in Bremen and she also has a go fund me to pay for her British citizenship (perhaps this was plan B after the law suit failed?)… definitely DOES NOT have agoraphobia and definitely IS a narcissistic grifter.
I feel sorry for genuinely ill and disabled people who have cunts like this give it a bad name.
That’s lovely isn’t it? Poetic even. And how do you feel now socially anxious scientist? Lol grow up.
Does anyone know the real story? Rather than the fake Daily Mail shit designed as propoganda against mental health concerns?
Here’s me not being able to think of a suitable excuse to miss the party
What’s sad about this is the whole thing arose from her colleagues trying to do the right thing. She wasn’t invited because they feared it might make matters worse for her.
Their reward for trying to do the best for her was ending up at a tribunal.
They sure as hell won’t make that mistake again.
However if I was off sick I would have felt bad for being invited as if I went surely it would raise eyebrows since I was off sick? Unless it was organised months before and I had since returned but then most places allow for the odd last minute adjustment.
This seems ridiculous to take it to court.
No! I didn’t read the article it’s the express ,and nonsense about nonsense.
What socially anxious person wants to go to a Christmas party?