Labour's Kate Hoey said Karen Guyott, 29, was diagnosed around five years ago has now been "dismissed due to her epilepsy"
A Tube worker has been sacked because she has epilepsy, two MPs claimed yesterday.
Labour's Kate Hoey said Karen Guyott, 29, was diagnosed around five years ago has now been "dismissed due to her epilepsy".
The former minister told the Commons that Ms Guyott's union fended off initial attempts by London Underground to dismiss her.
But Ms Hoey bosses decided in January that her condition is "too risky for them to be able to manage" rather than providing training to her colleagues.
The MP also noted the former staff member was a prominent RMT trade union activist, adding: "If London Underground is actually using epilepsy because she's a trade union activist and they don't actually either like her or like some of the things she is saying, that is even more shocking."
Ms Hoey called on Health Minister Norman Lamb to review the case.
Intervening on Conservative Laura Sandys during a Commons debate on epilepsy, Ms Hoey said: "I wonder if you would think it quite shocking that in this day in age a very large public body like (Transport for London) and London Underground could actually sack a young woman for the fact she has epilepsy and this really is something we cannot allow to happen."
South Thanet MP Ms Sandys replied: "I was actually going to bring up this particular case. This is quite an extraordinary case.
"Number one, why would she lose her job, she already had the job, she was succeeding in the job - so why was this sudden revelation of having epilepsy a reason why she actually lost her job?
"But secondly her manager was saying this has absolutely no impact on her ability to perform this particular role.
"This is, in many ways, 19th century. This is the expectation that when you tell somebody you are epileptic they do expect you to be dropping to the floor, foaming at the mouth."
Nigel Holness, London Underground's operations director for the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines, said: "We are an equal opportunities employer and we remain committed to supporting staff with medical conditions - we currently employ 16 operational staff and 11 office based staff diagnosed with epilepsy.
"We will always seek to accommodate adjustments that have been recommended by Occupational Health wherever possible.
"As we do that, we need to balance our duty and wish to accommodate staff, with a responsibility for their safety and those of our customers."
Ms Guyott has not yet commented.