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After sacking a teacher with disabilities, the British Council says the Equality Act does not apply abroad, Disability News Service reports.
The British Council argue that Emily Frisby was subject to local employment law as she worked in Morocco where Equality Act legislation is not applicable. The council, a self-described Disability Confident employer, carried out an internal investigation which upholds Ms Frisby’s complaint that it had not provided her with the reasonable adjustments she needed to do her job.
The British Council is a UK charity, sponsored by the Foreign Office, which receives government funding to promote the UK’s education and culture overseas. A spokesperson responded to the case by saying that “the spirit” of the Equality Act is captured in its “equality policy, values and behaviours”, which apply to all staff globally.
In their previous reporting, Disability News Service detailed the internal investigations into the failure of managers to provide Emily Frisby with the reasonable adjustments she needed and the report’s conclusion that “management may have crossed a red line in terms of intimidation/bullying” of her.
The British Council has given Frisby three months’ notice under the “Moroccan labour code”, treating her failure to return to work as a resignation. Ms Frisby says her GP and an occupational therapist advised her to make sure the adjustments were in place before she returned to work.
In a statement, the council’s spokesperson said, “Our own internal investigation into this found that we didn’t handle some aspects of the adjustments required very well.” The statement concluded, “As an organisation, we fully recognise that people with disabilities face discrimination and barriers, and we are committed to identifying and removing those barriers so we can improve our practice.”
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After sacking a teacher with disabilities, the British Council says the Equality Act does not apply abroad, Disability News Service reports.
The British Council argue that Emily Frisby was subject to local employment law as she worked in Morocco where Equality Act legislation is not applicable. The council, a self-described Disability Confident employer, carried out an internal investigation which upholds Ms Frisby’s complaint that it had not provided her with the reasonable adjustments she needed to do her job.
The British Council is a UK charity, sponsored by the Foreign Office, which receives government funding to promote the UK’s education and culture overseas. A spokesperson responded to the case by saying that “the spirit” of the Equality Act is captured in its “equality policy, values and behaviours”, which apply to all staff globally.
In their previous reporting, Disability News Service detailed the internal investigations into the failure of managers to provide Emily Frisby with the reasonable adjustments she needed and the report’s conclusion that “management may have crossed a red line in terms of intimidation/bullying” of her.
The British Council has given Frisby three months’ notice under the “Moroccan labour code”, treating her failure to return to work as a resignation. Ms Frisby says her GP and an occupational therapist advised her to make sure the adjustments were in place before she returned to work.
In a statement, the council’s spokesperson said, “Our own internal investigation into this found that we didn’t handle some aspects of the adjustments required very well.” The statement concluded, “As an organisation, we fully recognise that people with disabilities face discrimination and barriers, and we are committed to identifying and removing those barriers so we can improve our practice.”
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