Woman terrified of catching Covid-19 at work and giving it to her husband with cancer wins unfair dismissal case
| Published date | 05 April 2022 |
| Publication title | WalesOnline (Wales) |
An employment tribunal heard she could do the ‘majority’ of her job working from home but bosses insisted she had to go in for ‘fairness and equality’ as they felt she was ‘exaggerating’ the problem with her husband. After being given an ultimatum of either returning or taking unpaid leave, Mrs Regnante resigned and an employment tribunal has now ruled she was unfairly forced out as her bosses did not apply ‘common sense’ to COVID guidance
The tribunal heard Mrs Regnante worked as an administrator for Essex Care Limited which provided care and equipment to people in their homes. Even though the company was providing a front line service, Mrs Regnante’s role in administration could largely be done from home, the employment tribunal heard.
When the pandemic first hit in March 2020, Mrs Regnante was ‘alarmed’ by the risk to her husband Guiseppe Regnante who was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 2018. As Mr Regnante had had his...
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