@Luxx89 

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Luxx89

Discriminated against by Mind charity, pushed into unemployment

Hi all, Hope you’re all doing okay and sorry for the long post 🧡 I’m sharing my experience to raise awareness and hopefully get some support from those who understand what it’s like to live with MS. I’ve been battling multiple sclerosis for a while now, and while it’s hard enough dealing with my health, the discrimination I’ve faced from a well-known mental health charity has made things even worse. I was employed by Mind here in the UK, the mental health charity, but when I went through a health scare involving my MS—where I was possibly facing a PML diagnosis and had to start immunosuppressive treatment—they didn’t make any reasonable adjustments for my condition. To make matters worse, they moved my redundancy interview by one working day, despite my MS affecting my mental and physical health and mobility. When I raised the issue, they ignored the legal implications under the Equality Act, so I had to take them to tribunal. Now I’m in the middle of the tribunal process, and I’m speaking out about this because I want people to know what really goes on behind closed doors, even in places that claim to support mental health and disability. Has anyone else here had similar experiences at work with MS? Or even had to go through a discrimination claim? I’m still fighting, and I hope sharing this helps others who might be facing similar challenges.
London, United Kingdom
@RedPandaFur

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@RedPandaFur

Firstly, I’m really really sorry you’re going through this. You shouldn’t need to. Sadly it’s only worse because a charity is doing this and the expectation is they would be understanding considering what they stand for. Every other business is like this. In this economic climate they are forced to act like businesses. They do ignore employee laws, rights and protections. in fact to some people they are known for it. They do not care. They care about the charity and its short term survival. They are not below over pressurising workers and do not look kindly on unions. If you win, absolutely go to the press. You have nothing to lose after and you raise awareness what employers like charities are nothing more than the same old capitalist business we all know and do not love.

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