Menopause workplace criticism
and it would certainly not have been missed the fact that his son had been sent to prison for theft,” said Mr Ishaq.
“My brother had to give up huge amounts of time and effort to help me and my family. He helped deal with the closure of the shop as well as covering my mortgage and bills for a long period of time. There is no doubt that this will have had a large impact on him emotionally as well as financially.
“My family’s good name has been dragged through the mud and this is something that will never leave us, despite it being proven that I had never, in any way, committed a criminal act.
“I will never be able to forgive the Post Office for everything that they have put me through.”
The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry is pooling together evidence from hundreds of sub-postmasters as judges seek to establish a clear account of the implementation and failings of the Horizon IT system over its lifetime.
The Court of Appeal ruled that bugs, errors, and defects in Horizon could, and did, cause discrepancies and shortfalls in branch accounts.
Senior judges later concluded that if the Horizon data was not reliable then there was no basis for the prosecution, and the convictions were quashed, while adding that the failures of investigation and disclosure in the cases prevented the appellants from challenging, or challenging effectively, the reliability of the Horizon data.
THE majority of British businesses are failing to deal with menopause in the workplace, according to new research.
Just one in five employers considers menopausal symptoms during performance reviews of female staff.
And only a quarter of businesses have a menopause policy at all, employment lawyers Irwin Mitchell found.
The survey of HR leaders revealed most companies lack training for managers on this area and are not confident that their female employees can talk freely about the menopause.
Irwin Mitchell said the lack of policy action will make it harder for firms to attract new staff.