Damages for failure to accept flexible work options

A part-time payroll worker whose employer demanded she start working full time and refused to consider suitable flexible work options was awarded £29,294 in damages by a Southampton employment tribunal. Her case was supported by the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC).The award included an extra £2,000 in aggravated damages for the manner in which the case was conducted by the respondents, which the tribunal found added “insult to the injury already suffered.”