A diabetic hotel worker has won £30,000 for being sacked after shouting at his boss because his blood sugar levels were high. Guy Eykyn was fired after he made an unprofessional comment to his boss 'well, why don’t you do it then, huh?'.
But a tribunal found his outburst was due to particularly high blood sugar levels on that day due to his Type 1 diabetes. Mr Eykyn was awarded £29,746.54 in compensation after winning a case of disability discrimination.
The tribunal, held in Southampton, Hants, heard Mr Eykyn worked as a food and beverage assistant at the stunning Park House Hotel in Midhurst, West Sussex, from February 2020 until his dismissal in August 2020. When Mr Eykyn was interviewed for the job, he told operations manager Stuart Brown his blood glucose levels could go up and down due to his diabetes.
