BBC Panorama said its research showed the DWP lost 17 of 134 claims of discrimination against its disabled workers from 2016 to 2019, adding this was the most cases in total and most cases lost in that period. Work and pensions minister Justin Tomlinson told MPs a review has been instigated of DWP 's processes and actions to ensure all employees are "treated fairly and with respect". Speaking in the Commons, shadow work and pensions minister Mike Amesbury said: "The Department for Work and Pensions has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other employer in Britain. "We have instigated a review of our processes and actions to ensure all employees are treated fairly and with respect. He said "we will review that" as Labour's Lilian Greenwood raised the issue during DWP questions, asking: "How can this practice possibly be acceptable?"

Source: Daily Mirror March 09, 2020 20:37 UTC