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Unreasonable reasonable adjustments and disability discrimination
Section 39(5) of the Equality Act 2010 imposes on an employer a duty to make reasonable adjustments for a disabled employee.
Perfect Labor Storm 2.0: Why Employers Aren't Hiring
There is a growing disconnect in the labor markets. Unemployment remains high and hiring is slow, even when they have openings. As of June, job openings were up 26% from mid-2009, when the economy bottomed out. But during the same...
Disability discrimination: employee depression raises difficulties for employers (XpertHR -
XpertHR Employment Intelligence « David Shepherd: If I could change one thing about HR | Main Disability discrimination: employee depression raises difficulties for employers In a well-publicised employment tribunal claim (on the BBC website), a lawyer whose job
Disability discrimination: employee depression raises difficulties for employers
In a well-publicised employment tribunal claim (on the BBC website), a lawyer whose job offer from major city law firm DLA Piper was withdrawn just a few days after she told HR of her history of depression is claiming disability discrimination.
Disability discrimination and reasonable adjustments
The provisions surrounding the duty to make reasonable adjustments in relation to disabled employees and job applicants have generated plenty of case law activity, as the first article in a new series of XpertHR's Topic of the Week (subscription
Discrimination: "Sunday night syndrome" is not a disability - XpertHR's Employment Intelligence
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has highlighted that "Sunday night syndrome", which it defines as "a dread of having to return to work - typically experienced at the end of the weekend", is not an impairment, in an interesting judgment...
Employment tribunals: dyslexia leads to disability discrimination claims
A sample of 100 employment tribunal rulings on disability discrimination gathered by XpertHR shows that, while depression and limb disorders such as back pain are the most common health conditions that lead to tribunal claims, there are a surprising
Disability discrimination in the police: employment tribunal decisions
When the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 was first enacted, it did not extend to police constables who, technically, are office holders and not employees.
Disabled employees more likely to be ridiculed
While the Government is busy deciding whether or not to adopt the concept of indirect discrimination in relation to disability discrimination, new research reveals that disabled people continue to face significant prejudice and discrimination in the
Malcolm approach applied to employment disability case
In Child Support Agency (Dudley) v Truman (on the EAT website), the EAT confirmed that the approach to disability-related discrimination taken in the housing case of Lewisham v Malcolm [subscription required] also applies in the context of employment
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