A menopausal police officer who asked to work from home sued her force for discrimination after colleagues questioned her symptoms.
Sarah Dye had requested to work remotely because of menopause-related ‘body odour’ and brain fog which made it difficult to work in the office in her role at Norfolk Constabulary.
But her colleagues then saw social media posts of her 'enjoying herself at social activities' such as going to the zoo, leading them to think her issues weren't quite as 'extreme' as she made out.
The officer told an employment tribunal that the odour 'did not prevent her from going out with her husband' - and claimed that her boss grilling her about the issue amounted to harassment.
However, her claims for sex discrimination, harassment and disability discrimination were dismissed with a panel ruling that the concerns raised by her colleagues needed to be addressed.
