Number of disability discrimination cases growing eight times faster than other tribunal claims

Analysis of Ministry of Justice data by employment law and partnership law firm Fox & Partners has revealed that the number of disability discrimination claims has risen more than eight times faster than the growth in all tribunal claims. The firm opines that the rise could be due to the increased willingness of workers to being cases related to mental health to tribunals, noting that a large number of claims related to the impact of stress and depression on individuals' working lives.