You have a legal duty to make reasonable adjustments for employees who are disabled. Does this duty extend to the recruitment process and what’s the situation if a job applicant hasn’t advised you
that they are disabled?
Published 06.09.2023
The tribunal has ordered that an employer must pay an employee who was suffering from throat cancer over £115,000 in compensation. What did the employer do wrong?
Published 19.11.2015
In September 2023 it was reported that an employee has won her tribunal claim for “menopause discrimination” and been awarded £64,000 compensation. Is the menopause now a protected
characteristic under the Equality Act 2010?
Published 04.10.2023
If an employee is closely associated with a disabled person, e.g. a child, spouse, relative or friend, you must not discriminate against them because of it. OK, but are you required to make
reasonable adjustments for your employee?
Published 13.12.2013
According to the Employment Appeal Tribunal, an employer failed to make reasonable adjustments when it dismissed a disabled employee rather than placing him in an alternative role on a trial basis.
What are the implications of this ruling?
Published 08.04.2024
You’re required you to make reasonable adjustments for an employee suffering from a qualifying disability. But could this go as far as requiring you to create a new position? What does a new case
say?
Published 08.03.2007
1,000s of staff at Tesco’s head office are being made to work on its shop floors one day every fortnight. If you need an employee to temporarily undertake a different role, can you force them to do
so?
Published 06.11.2014
Until recently, you needed actual knowledge of a disability in order to be held liable for discrimination. This has now changed. So what’s the latest news?
Published 01.12.2005
Let’s suppose that a candidate discloses a medical condition during a job interview. It’s not a disability but if it deteriorates in the future it could become one. As they are non-disabled, can you
reject them because of their condition?
Published 29.01.2018
Because of a simple problem, which the tribunal was quick to pick up on, an employee has lost her claim for disability discrimination. So what happened and why should you never accept things at face
value?
Published 25.08.2010