A council worker accused her colleagues of ‘spying’ on her while ‘walking continuously’ past her home while she was on sick leave.

Debra Dugmore took leave from working at Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council between February 2021 and January 2022 after suffering an adverse reaction from a Covid vaccine.

Mrs Dugmore, who had joined the local authority in 2016 and served as team leader in the council’s homelessness and prevention and response team until her resignation in 2022, was absent due to a combination of back pains, UTIs and nausea.

She had underlying conditions including duplex kidneys and a duplex ureter, some of which she had withheld from her employer.

A tribunal heard from Mrs Dugmore that her line manager, Hayley Rowley, became ‘rogue’ after she took her leave of absence.

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