Social worker wins £90,000 in disability discrimination case

A disabled social worker has been awarded compensation of more than £90,000 after an Employment Tribunal ruled that she was discriminated against by her former employer.

Ruth Hickling, from Brucklay, claimed she had been unfairly dismissed by former employer Aberdeen City Council, after suffering prolonged back problems.

Hickling, who at the time of her termination was earning £36,000-a-year, had worked for the council since 1990 and had experienced repeated health problems, the... (174 more words)

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