Gabriel* is a person with ADHD and Autism.
He made a complaint to Anti-Discrimination NSW (ADNSW) saying that his employer had discriminated against him because of his disabilities by not giving him the support and guidance he needed at work.
ADNSW investigated the matter by getting information from both Gabriel and his employer.
Gabriel said that managers didn’t tell him about the company’s policies for reasonable adjustments to help employees with disabilities. After some adjustments were made, Gabriel said he had to keep explaining his situation every time he got a new manager.
He also said that even though he was successful in his application to join a talent pool for promotions, other people were promoted before him. Gabriel said that later the employer didn’t follow through with the agreed support, causing so much stress that he couldn’t return to work.
The employer denied discriminating against Gabriel. The employer said that its records show Gabriel had been given support to get reasonable adjustments. They also said that the people who were promoted from the same talent pool were chosen because they were more suitable than Gabriel for the roles.
The complaint was resolved after a conciliation conference when Gabriel accepted a payment from his employer without admission of wrongdoing. Gabriel also remained on workers compensation.
* Name has been changed to protect the privacy of the individual.
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