Occupational Health

Cases where occupational health evidence shaped the outcome. What the reports said, what the managers read into them, and where the gap between the two led.

26 results
Employee-favourable 2025

A final written warning issued during a mental health crisis is not automatically fair.

If you were disciplined or dismissed following an absence connected to a mental health crisis, your employer may have been required to consider whether a health condition was relevant before taking action, even if you had never been formally diagnosed.

Disciplinary ProcessOccupational HealthUnfair Dismissal
Employee-favourable 2026

Following a policy to the letter is not the same as making a fair decision.

If a health condition was raised during a disciplinary or dismissal process, your employer was obliged to genuinely consider it. Following the steps of a policy is not the same as making a fair decision.

Disciplinary ProcessOccupational HealthUnfair Dismissal