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Worrying case in respect of mental illness

by Anna Denton | Jan 26, 2015 | Articles, Disability, Discrimination, Harassment, Unfair dismissal

I would imagine that a case involving an employee suffering from paranoid schizophrenia who stopped taking his medication and sexually assaulted female colleagues would rank high up there on HR’s list of nightmare scenarios.  This was a scenario that Aviva faced...

Why managers need training on how to do ‘return to work’ interviews

by Anna Denton | Nov 27, 2014 | Absence management, Articles, Disability, Harassment, News

I came across a recent case involving West Yorkshire Police that falls into the category ‘I can’t believe a line manager thought this was appropriate’. Unfortunately, given what I do, it tends to be a fairly regular occurrence. In this particular case, PC Gardner had...

Guest Blog – Pauline Iles Senior Risk Benefits Consultant, Quantum Advisory on Getting to grips with the Fit for Work Service

by Anna Denton | Oct 19, 2014 | Absence management, Disability, Guest blog, News

We’ve all had a good summer and, having consumed our fair share of barbeque food, autumn is on the horizon. This autumn brings the Government’s latest initiative, the Fit for Work Service (FfW), previously called the Health and Work Service.  Continuing...

Reasonable adjustments and your sickness policy

by Anna Denton | May 27, 2014 | Articles, Disability, Discrimination, News

Have you ever had an employee argue that your ordinary sickness absence management policy shouldn’t apply to them because of their disability? For example, it might be arguing that your trigger points for action shouldn’t kick in or that they...

Reasonable adjustments explained

by Anna Denton | Jan 2, 2014 | Articles, Disability, Discrimination

Anna Denton-Jones discusses the concept of reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010

What rights do disabled workers have?

by Anna Denton | Dec 12, 2013 | Articles, Disability, Discrimination

In our last video post we looked at how disability is defined in UK law. In the next in the series of three videos Anna Denton-Jones considers the rights UK law gives disabled workers:
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