THE Ministry of Defence (MoD) must pay £80,000 in damages for unfairly dismissing a woman with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who had been in its employment for a decade.

The claimant, known only as “A,” was a civil servant at the MoD human resources facility in Cheadle Hulme, Manchester, which she said had a “toxic” workplace environment.

An employment tribunal found that the internal investigation into Ms A’s complaints lacked independence and that the staff member who made the decision to dismiss her was also included in her bullying and harassment complaint.