According to a BBC News report, an employee with dyslexia has won a disability discrimination case against her employer Starbucks after she was accused of falsifying documents. As a supervisor, Ms Kumulchew was responsible for taking the temperature of fridges and water at specific times and entering the results in a duty roster. She was accused of falsifying the documents after mistakenly entering wrong information. She was then given lesser duties and told to retrain. A tribunal found Ms Kumulchew had been discriminated against after making the mistakes due to her difficulties with reading, writing and telling the time. The tribunal found Starbucks had failed to make reasonable adjustments for Ms Kumulchew’s disability and had discriminated against her because of the effects of her dyslexia. There will be a separate remedies hearing, but in the meantime, Starbucks said it was in ongoing discussions with Ms Kumulchew around specific workplace support. 

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