UK worker who stayed home over fear of Covid fails in discrimination claim
by Helen Pidd and agency from on (#5TEXD)
Woman tried to claim her fear of catching virus was a protected belief, after her employer refused to pay her
A fear of catching Covid-19 is not a protected belief under the Equality Act, a judge has ruled, after a woman claimed she was discriminated against by her employer when she refused to go into work during the pandemic.
A tribunal held in Manchester this month heard that the claimant refused to return to her workplace in July 2020 because she had a genuine fear" of contracting coronavirus and passing it on to her partner, who was at high risk of becoming seriously unwell.
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