Thursday 23 June 2022 09:42 PM Shop worker wins £15,000 after boss told her 'tough' when she said she was ... trends now
A shop worker whose unsympathetic boss told her ‘tough’ when she warned him she was about to have a migraine has won £15,000 after she then suffered an attack which left her paralysed on the floor of the store.
Mary Doran’s manager didn’t believe she suffered from the debilitating headaches and even accused her of lying about her symptoms because he thought she was hungover.
The Nisa boss’s mistrust of his employee led to him telling her ‘tough’ when she asked to go home when she started experiencing the early signs of a migraine attack and could barely see.
Instead he told her to sit down in the stock room until she felt better, but she became so unwell she had to lie on the floor for two hours while her boss ignored her.
She was signed off sick for two weeks but upon her return to work was told there were no shifts for her due to her ‘health issues’ and she was forced to resign.
Ms Doran has now won £15,998.96 after an employment tribunal ruled she was discriminated against by her manager because of her disability.
The tribunal, held in Manchester, heard she had suffered from ‘intermittent chronic migraines’ since 2003.
Her consultant neurologist told the tribunal her condition had gradually deteriorated. Her symptoms evolved to include visual disturbance or loss of sight for up to 20 minutes, numbness from the shoulders down with weakness in both arms and legs, giving rise to Ms Doran collapsing.
A migraine attack could also affect her ability to speak and make her become uncoordinated and confused.
Ms Doran told the tribunal the effects of an attack ‘mimic a stroke’ and she is often bedridden for one or two days with ‘significant disruptions to her eating and sleeping patterns’.
During and after a migraine attack she said she experiences weakness, nausea, severe head pain, dizziness and disorientation.
In November 2020 she started working at the Nisa Local store in Dukinfield (pictured), Greater Manchester, as a sales assistant
While Ms Doran said she takes medication to control this condition, she still suffers attacks approximately once a week.
In November 2020 she started working at the Nisa Local store in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, as a sales assistant. Her manager was identified in tribunal documents only as Mr Maher.
The tribunal heard Ms Doran suffered two migraine attacks at work in February 2021 and had to have time off work.
She was told by Mr
