You’re considering reasonable adjustments with an employee who is protected by the Disability Discrimination Acts. But they’re insisting the only one that’s suitable is a permanent homeworking
arrangement! Must you agree to this?
Published 21.04.2010
If you employ, or are thinking of hiring, a disabled person, you must consider whether any workplace adjustments are necessary. But one thing often puzzles employers here: just how much money are
they expected to spend?
Published 22.02.2011
A Starbucks employee who is dyslexic has successfully claimed disability discrimination against her employer. As far as the law is concerned, is dyslexia always a disability?
Published 29.02.2016
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
You’re under a legal duty to consult with disabled employees over the making of reasonable adjustments. But what happens if there aren’t any that can be made? Must you still waste time and go through
the process?
Published 28.06.2007
You’ve dismissed an employee who now alleges that this amounts to disability discrimination. However, you had no knowledge of their disability prior to their dismissal. Can they claim disability
discrimination at the tribunal or not?
Published 25.11.2021
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
Identifying when a “mental impairment” becomes a “protected disability” isn’t easy. So what can we learn from a ruling by the Employment Appeal Tribunal?
Published 10.08.2010
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
A disabled employee recently argued that, in order to comply with its duty to make reasonable adjustments, her employer should have granted a career break. What was the Employment Appeal Tribunal’s
view on this?
Published 30.11.2011