A Tate Modern worker’s claim that working there caused a serious deterioration in her health has been dismissed by an employment tribunal.
Elizabeth Andrewshad been seeking compensation under the Disability Discrimination Act, insisting that Tate Modern managers failed to take her disability into account when she was moved there from the Tate Britain. She cited the Tate Modern’s low temperatures, which she said aggravated her back problems. Andrews, who suffers from Crohn’s disease, also said she was forced to transfer to the Tate Modern, where she became ill and had to go on long-term sick leave. But the London tribunal found that the Tate Modern made sufficient adjustments to accommodate her condition and concluded there was no evidence that she suffered any disadvantage because of the transfer. Andrews returned to the Tate Britain in March.
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