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The European Court of Justice has ruled that a woman has suffered ‘discrimination by association’ after being treated unfairly at work because of her care responsibilities for her disabled son. Ms Coleman said that she was ‘harassed’ into resigning and described as ‘lazy’ by her boss because she wanted to work flexibly to look after her son. Although Ms Coleman’s colleagues were allowed to take time off to attend hospital appointments or able to work from home, her requests to do so were not approved. The European Court found in favour of Ms Coleman as disability discrimination under the EU's Equal Treatment Directive's applies not only to those who suffer from a disability but others, for example a parent or spouse.