How Shitty Is This?
Woman victim of 7/7 attacks is sacked
A victim of the 7 July bombings is suing the firm which sacked her for failing to take into account the trauma she suffered.
Nattashar Gittens, 30, was physically and mentally scarred by the Tavistock Square bus bomb.
The explosion left her with back and pelvic injuries, hearing problems, nightmares, flashbacks, insomnia and bouts of depression. But despite returning to work after two months, Ms Gittens says she was dismissed in April this year as a PA for “poor performance” weeks before she would have become eligible for protection under employment law.
Read more: London bombings, Employment Rights, Disability Discrimination Act
