by Natalie | Mar 21, 2024 | Disability, reasonable adjustments
If as a result of somebody’s disability they become unable to do the current role that they are employed in and the employer is looking to exit the employee from that position, they are obligated to look at alternative employment. This is the case in unfair dismissal...
by Anna Denton | Jan 23, 2019 | Disability
Given that we have had disability legislation now for 20 years, you would have thought employers might have realised by now that they have a legal duty in the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments to level the playing field for disabled staff. A recent case...
by Anna Denton | Nov 28, 2018 | Workplace
From time-to-time employees will make claims that something about their work environment places them at risk compared to everybody else, because of their own particular medical needs. This might be someone who finds the particular temperature a problem, the lighting,...
by Anna Denton | May 21, 2018 | Disability
Dismissal is clearly an act of unfavourable treatment if the claimant can show there is a connection between that dismissal and their disability. In cases where a misconduct has been relied upon by the employer as grounds to dismiss, if that conduct arises as a...
by Anna Denton | Jun 8, 2017 | Reasonable Adjustment
I am sure you are aware that anyone with a disability is entitled to reasonable adjustments to be made to remove any substantial disadvantage that they are at in the recruitment processes that you put in place. You can only make such adjustments if somebody shares...