Responsibility and disability – where are the lines drawn?
Over the years the courts have made it pretty clear that it doesn’t matter how your disability has come about, it is whether or not you are suffering from a disability that is relevant. So it doesn’t matter whether you have indulged in a high risk sport which has left...Video – How do we decide if somebody has a disability?
Anna looks at how to go about deciding if somebody has a disability and then obtaining Occupational Health advice to move forward. Click here to watch the video.How likely is it that an employee who leaves the workplace having suffered ill health as a result of stress can bring a claim against their employer?
I often hear from employers who are very worried about an employee and the risks of them bringing some sort of complaint connected with stress that they say they have suffered in the workplace. The recent case of Easton v B&Q PLC in the High Court illustrates my...When was the last time you risk assessed each stage of your recruitment process to think about how it might exclude those with disabilities or even disincentivise them from applying?
I was shocked this week when my copy of People Management arrived and I saw an article within it talking about how badly companies are flouting the law when it comes to disability and recruitment. In it there was a case study example of a lady who had applied for...Make sure you train staff in relation to fat jokes
In the last 12 months it has become clear that disability discrimination extends to severely obese employees. One of the implications of that is that an employer can become liable for acts of harassment by members of staff towards such an employee. In the last week...
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