Disability And The Royal Bank Of Scotland

EDM number 1843 in 2006-07, proposed by Frank Cook on 04/07/2007.

That this House is concerned to learn of the present circumstances of a thirty-five year old bank manager employed by the Royal Bank of Scotland since August 2000 with a track record of exemplary competence who sustained a serious injury to his spinal cord in May 2005 necessitating absence from his work until March 2006 when through sheer determination and force of will, despite being categorised as an incomplete paraplegic, he returned to resume his duties only to be met by unreasonable expectations of senior management that he should return to his normal duties within eight weeks, to find his former deputy placed over him, effectively demoting him without warning or consultation, seeing her allowed to accuse him of being `just a distraction to the staff' and being denied a car parking space adjacent to the premises so causing him additional hardship; condemns heartily the insensitive stance adopted by the senior management of the bank towards a victim of such grievous circumstance and a loyal employee; and urges the Government to take note of such callous disregard and structure regulation to put a stop to such practices at the earliest date.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.