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Disability discrimination

Disabled people are protected in the workplace against direct and indirect disability discrimination, harassment and victimisation because of their disability. Disability discrimination legislation covers disabled employees, but also disabled job applicants in the recruitment process.

Under the Equality Act 2010, an employer has an active duty to make reasonable adjustments for a disabled person where its policies or practices, or physical feature of its premises, put a disabled employee at a substantial disadvantage in comparison with a non-disabled person.


    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Coronavirus
    • Disability discrimination

    EHRC: Not all long Covid cases amount to disability

    by Ashleigh Webber 10 May 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 10 May 2022

    Is long Covid a disability? The EHRC says it depends on each case.

    • Disability discrimination
    • Latest News
    • Dismissal

    Solicitor unfairly dismissed during cancer recovery awarded £17k

    by Ashleigh Webber 6 May 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 6 May 2022

    In Ms E Onibere v Rodman Pearce Solicitors Ltd, a tribunal ruled an employee with cancer was unfairly dismissed and discriminated against.

    • Disability discrimination
    • Latest News
    • Neurodiversity

    Steep rise in employment tribunal claims over neurodiversity discrimination

    by Adam McCulloch 2 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 2 May 2022

    Employment tribunals in which employees alleged they were discriminated against for being ‘neurodiverse’ rose by a third last year.

    • Gender pay gap
    • Disability discrimination
    • Latest News

    Disability pay gap wider than in 2014

    by Adam McCulloch 29 Apr 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 29 Apr 2022

    Slight widening of gap since 2014, as the ONS reveals that the disability pay gap has consistently been wider for disabled men than for disabled women.

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Disability discrimination
    • Latest News

    Boxer loses disability discrimination claim

    by Jo Faragher 1 Apr 2022
    by Jo Faragher 1 Apr 2022

    A boxer who sustained a head injury during a fight has lost his claim for disability discrimination against Scottish Power.

    • Retail
    • Disability discrimination
    • Latest News

    Sainsbury’s discriminated against worker with brain injury, finds tribunal

    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Mar 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Mar 2022

    Sainsbury's discriminated against a worker with a brain injury who had been accused of groping female staff and using inappropriate language, an employment tribunal has found.

    • Vexatious claims
    • Disability discrimination
    • Latest News

    Serial claimant banned after ‘weaponising’ employment tribunal system

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Mar 2022

    A man who has made more than 40 employment claims against a variety of companies has been banned from using the tribunals service.

    • Financial services
    • Disability discrimination
    • Latest News

    Dismissal of NatWest employee with cancer ‘tainted with discrimination’

    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Feb 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Feb 2022

    Tribunal finds NatWest Group unfairly dismissed and discriminated against an employee after she disclosed her bowel cancer diagnosis.

    • Indirect discrimination
    • Vaccinations
    • Coronavirus

    Employers cutting sick pay for unvaccinated who need to self-isolate

    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jan 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jan 2022

    Several employers including Ikea and Wessex Water have cut sick pay for unvaccinated employees who are told to self-isolate after...

    • Disability discrimination
    • Latest News
    • Age discrimination

    Dementia sufferer wins age and disability case against Asda

    by Rob Moss 6 Jan 2022
    by Rob Moss 6 Jan 2022

    A former Asda employee was repeatedly asked if she wanted to retire after losing items and forgetting things.

    • Gender pay gap
    • Indirect discrimination
    • Retail

    The 10 most important employment law cases in 2021

    by XpertHR 8 Dec 2021
    by XpertHR 8 Dec 2021

    Despite the coronavirus pandemic, HR professionals have had their fair share of employment law rulings to keep track of in...

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Disability discrimination
    • Latest News

    Menopause-related employment tribunal claims on the rise

    by Ashleigh Webber 30 Nov 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 30 Nov 2021

    The number of tribunal cases in which employees are alleging menopause-related discrimination is on the rise, prompting a law firm...

    • Financial services
    • Working from home
    • Indirect discrimination

    Indirect disability discrimination: lessons from Follows v Nationwide

    by Audrey Williams 25 Nov 2021
    by Audrey Williams 25 Nov 2021

    An employment tribunal recently examined the impact of a decision to require a homeworker, who cared for her disabled mother,...

    • Disability discrimination
    • Latest News
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Does measuring disability data really help us achieve workplace inclusion?

    by Angela Matthews 22 Nov 2021
    by Angela Matthews 22 Nov 2021

    Campaigners are pushing for employers to close the disability employment gap at a quicker pace, but are organisations measuring the...

    • Social mobility
    • Gender
    • Unconscious bias

    Law firm salaries’ relationship with diversity revealed

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Nov 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Nov 2021

    A new study of law firms has revealed a degree of progress in diversity and a more complex pattern of identity .

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