At-Last Starbucks employee wins dyslexia discrimination case

At-Last Starbucks employee wins dyslexia discrimination case

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A girl with dyslexia has won a handicap discrimination case against her company Starbucks after she was accused of falsifying files.

A tribunal found Meseret Kumulchew were discriminated against after making errors as a result of her problems with reading, writing and telling the time.

She told and was given lesser responsibilities at her division in London. Starbucks said it was in discussions.

As a manager at Starbucks in Clapham, south west London, Ms Kumulchew was responsible for entering the results in a duty roll and taking the temperature of refrigerators and water at particular times.

She was accused of falsifying the records after incorrectly entering info that was incorrect.