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A disabled employee has successfully claimed discrimination after her employer failed to provide her with adequate toilet access. This case highlights two important points, so what do you need to
know?
Published 05.06.2014
Apparently, 27% of employees who’ve disclosed a disability to their employer aren’t being provided with all the reasonable adjustments which they need. Can you refuse to make such adjustments?
Published 02.03.2022
A job applicant has informed you that due to an ongoing medical condition they have an assistance dog. You aren’t too keen on having an animal in your workplace so can you use this as grounds to
reject them?
Published 13.01.2015
You know that you’re required to make reasonable adjustments to cater for an employee who’s covered by the Disability Discrimination Act. But where do you stand if you dispute the reasonableness of a
suggested adjustment?
Published 04.09.2008
A new case has held that once you’ve offered a job to an obviously disabled candidate, it’s too late to claim that you can’t accommodate their disability. So how can you use the interview process to
help avoid nasty surprises later?
Published 17.11.2005
An employee has put on lots of weight and is now unable to do their job properly. The easiest solution would be to dismiss them. Can you simply trigger your capability procedure or do you need to do
something else first?
Published 19.05.2017
An employee who was unable to drive due to his disability has sued HMRC for discrimination after it made having a driving licence an “essential requirement” for a job role. What must you do if an
employee can’t drive due to a disability?
Published 07.09.2022
If you offer a job to a disabled person, they’re likely to accept it on the basis that you make any reasonable adjustments which are necessary. But what happens if you don’t make them?
Published 24.03.2005
Reasonable adjustments should be made for any disabled employee who is placed at a substantial disadvantage due to a provision, criterion or practice, e.g. workload. But must an adjustment be
implemented if there’s a chance it won’t work?
Published 20.10.2016
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