S Babiker v London Borough of Hounslow

Reference number 2302780-2023

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS London South Employment Tribunal 13 December 2024 (video) Claimant: Saher Babiker Respondent: London Borough of Hounslow Before: Judge M Aspinall (sitting alone as an Employment Judge) Appearances: Miss S Babiker, in person Ms S King, Counsel for the Respondent Judgment The Claimant did not meet the legal definition of a disabled person under Section 6 of the Equality Act 2...

1. The Claimant is Miss Saher Babiker. The Respondent is the London Borough of Hounslow, a local government authority.

2. Miss Babiker was engaged by the Respondent on a fixed-term contract from 18th July 2022 until 31st March 2023, a period of around 8 months. Her role was as an Independent Domestic Violence Advisor.

3. On 21st February 2023, Miss Babiker informed her line manager, Miss Espinella, about having anxiety and social anxiety. She was then signed off as unfit for work from 23rd February 2023 until 31st March 2023, with multiple fit notes covering this period found at pages 171-176 of the bundle.