Woman with ADHD Sacked After Night in Sauna Wins Disability Case

A female executive with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who was sacked after spending the night sleeping in a sauna when she lost her room keys during a team-building event has won a disability discrimination case.

- Steven Morris

Shannon Burns had been drinking and her bosses told her that confidence in her had been eroded and she needed to set an example. But she won her case after arguing the software company she worked for had not done enough to help her perform well taking into account her ADHD.

She is in line for compensation after the tribunal accepted that while she had been drinking before going to sleep in the sauna, her ADHD contributed to her lack of organisation and the loss of her keys.