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What to do when you are really worried about someone – Suicide Awareness

by Anna Denton | Sep 21, 2021 | Mental health, suicide awareness

Friday, 10th September was Suicide Awareness Day. By coincidence I ended up having the same conversation twice with two different organisations. In both cases, the employer had an employee who was on long term sick and where a pattern of contact with the employer had...

An interesting development in Disability Discrimination Law

by Anna Denton | Apr 15, 2020 | Disability discrimination, Equality Act, Mental health

Under Section 6 (1) of the Equality Act 2010, a person is disabled if they (a) have a physical or mental impairment and (b) if the impairment has a substantial and long term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day to day activities.  We are...

Taking care where mental health is concerned

by Anna Denton | Feb 26, 2020 | Disability, Grievance, Mental health

So far in 2020, all the training that I have been asked to do has centred around mental health in the workplace, which is undoubtedly a positive thing with employers and managers wanting to take this issue more seriously. One of the challenges employers often face...

Guest Blog: The Menopause – why should organisations bother?

by Anna Denton | Jan 22, 2020 | Menopause, Mental health, Well-being

Katie Day is a Director at RDP International Ltd   Policies and guidelines around mental health are in place. Established and clear policies have been in existence for pregnant women and parental leave for many years. Ways of recording reasons for absence and...

What if an employer doesn’t know whether somebody is disabled or not?

by Anna Denton | Oct 3, 2019 | Constructive knowledge, Disability, Equality Act, Mental health

It is not unusual for an employer to face a situation, particularly with mental health issues, where somebody might even be undiagnosed themselves, where they are not sure whether or not somebody has a medical condition. As regards the duty to make reasonable...

VIDEO: disclosing a health condition to colleagues

by Anna Denton | Aug 1, 2019 | Disclosing health condition, Disclosing health conditions, Dislos, Health conditions, Mental health

Our latest video is available to view on the Refreshing Law YouTube channel – please click here to watch Anna discussing what we can tell colleagues when somebody is absent from work through ill...
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