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In MX News, 14 July, reproduced without permission
Lego reward no ‘armless gesture
An English theme park worker with a paralysed arm is expecting a five-figure
payout after his bosses gave him a Lego figure with its arm in a sling.
Rob Jenkins, 32, was one of 58 workers at Legoland given a 10cm plastic model
for long service.
The Danish company’s scheme rewards staff with figurines carrying clipboards or
other items which relate to their job at the Windsor attraction.
But the sling was the only identifying feature about Kenkins’ present, and it
had been placed on the wrong arm.
Jenkins, an attractions team leader in charge of 30 staff, claimed the gift
“retriggered” the deep depression he felt when he was hurt in a motorbike
accident 16 years ago.
He claimed he was left housebound, kept off work for nine months and forced to
seek counselling from a psychiatrist.
The former employee has now won a claim for disability discrimination against
the theme park and expects to be awarded $25,000 [I assume thats au$] for
injury to feelings and loss of earnings.
Jenkins, of Sonning Common, Berkshire, said: “I received the model at a ceremony
with other colleagues. Everyone else’s model related to their work - employees
who worked in the gardens got a figure with a pade and people who worked in
catering got one with a chopping board.
“When I got mine, I was shocked and disgusted with it. Disabled people shouldn’t
be treated differently from everyone else.
“For two or three months I couldn’t go out. When you take years to get used to
your handicap, it is very hard when someone comes along and smacks you in the
face like that.”
FUT: lugnet.mediawatch
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