Prosthetic-limbed student wins Abercrombie & Fitch disability claim

According to reports (on the BBC and Daily Telegraph websites), the employment tribunal found that Ms Dean had suffered disability harassment and had been wrongfully dismissed. However, it rejected her claim for direct disability discrimination.abercrombie and fitch

In June we reported on the disability discrimination claim of Riam Dean, a woman with a prosthetic limb who says she was made to work in the stockroom by clothes retailer
abercrombie and fitch. Ms Dean has now won her employment tribunal case and been awarded around ￡8,000 compensation.

The twenty-two year-old law student, who was born with a missing left forearm, claimed that abercrombie and fitch initially allowed her to wear a cardigan, but later moved her from the shop floor to the stockroom when the company's "visual team" found that her appearance did not adhere to its strict "look policy".



The majority of the tribunal's award was compensation for injury to feelings.