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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.


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    Apprentice awarded £52,000 for victimisation and disability discrimination

    by Jo Faragher 22 Dec 2023
    by Jo Faragher 22 Dec 2023

    An apprentice digital media executive has been awarded more than £52,000 for victimisation and discrimination because she has dyscalculia, meaning...

    • Police
    • Disability discrimination
    • Disability

    Autistic police officer wins discrimination claim

    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Dec 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Dec 2023

    A police officer was treated unfavourably and discriminated against when she was rejected from firearms training because of her autism.

    • Brexit
    • Employment law
    • Disability discrimination

    Process of enshrining EU-derived worker protections into UK law begins

    by Ashleigh Webber 7 Nov 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 7 Nov 2023

    Key EU protections will be enshrined into UK law via a statutory instrument that will be laid before parliament.

    • Absence
    • Disability discrimination
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    Dismissal for absence following allergic reaction was discriminatory

    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Oct 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Oct 2023

    An employment tribunal finds that the dismissal of an employee for absence following an allergic reaction was discriminatory.

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Disability discrimination
    • Latest News

    Plumber awarded £134k for disability discrimination

    by Rob Moss 5 Oct 2023
    by Rob Moss 5 Oct 2023

    Plumber with back pain wins disability discrimination claim and is awarded £134,000 for failures to make reasonable adjustments.

    • Disability discrimination
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    • Ethnicity

    Lloyds unfairly dismissed manager who used racial slur

    by Jo Faragher 1 Sep 2023
    by Jo Faragher 1 Sep 2023

    The employee used a racial slur during a training session, and was subsequently dismissed.

    • Bullying and harassment
    • Disability discrimination
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    Care worker told ‘you have no friends’ was constructively dismissed

    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Aug 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Aug 2023

    A care home worker who was told 'you have no friends' by a manager was constructively dismissed.

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Disability discrimination
    • Latest News

    NatWest executive wins £90k after dismissal following cancer treatment

    by Jo Faragher 2 Aug 2023
    by Jo Faragher 2 Aug 2023

    A former NatWest executive has been awarded £90,000 in compensation for unfair dismissal after her cancer surgery.

    • Northern Ireland
    • Disability discrimination
    • Latest News

    Man with cerebral palsy told not to ’play the disability card’

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Jun 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Jun 2023

    A man with cerebral palsy has received £25k for disability discrimination after alleging he was told not to ‘play the disability card’.

    • Civil Service
    • Coronavirus
    • Constructive dismissal

    Covid-resignation driving examiner to have tribunal claim reheard

    by Ashleigh Webber 19 May 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 19 May 2023

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal says a driving examiner who resigned over Covid health fears can have his dismissal claim reheard.

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Disability discrimination
    • Disability

    People with invisible disabilities left to fend for themselves at work, finds study

    by Adam McCulloch 5 May 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 5 May 2023

    People with invisible disabilities are being left to source support at work alone, new research has found.

    • Bullying and harassment
    • Disability discrimination
    • Disability

    Autistic bus driver wins £30k payout for ‘belittling’ abuse

    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Mar 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Mar 2023

    A bus driver with autism has been awarded almost £30,000 for disability discrimination after being called names.

    • Age discrimination
    • Age
    • Disability discrimination

    Menopause leave rejected, but what’s the alternative?

    by Emma Thomson 28 Feb 2023
    by Emma Thomson 28 Feb 2023

    The UK government may have turned down the idea of 'menopause leave', but menopause should not be ignored by employers.

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Disability discrimination
    • Latest News

    M&S: The risk of overlooking disability in redundancy

    by Hina Belitz 3 Feb 2023
    by Hina Belitz 3 Feb 2023

    A recent employment tribunal case, Jandu v Marks and Spencer, has drawn attention to dyslexia as a disability for in the context of redundancy.

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Civil Service
    • Disability discrimination

    Reducing compensation for dismissal was not disability discrimination, finds EAT

    by Ashleigh Webber 30 Jan 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 30 Jan 2023

    Decision to reduce the amount of compensation owed to a disabled civil servant who was dismissed because of his absence record was not discriminatory.

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