Arthritis sufferer takes Stagecoach to tribunal over recruitment discrimination

A man has launched a legal battle against bus company Stagecoach claiming he was denied a job because he has arthritis.

David Waterworth, who has rheumatoid arthritis, applied for a trainee driver’s job last year after his stepson landed a job at the company’s Wheatsheaf depot.

He was turned down, despite holding a provisional licence to drive a bus.

After complaining to the firm Stagecoach claimed his letter had been placed on the wrong pile of applications by mistake, and ... (240 more words)

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