Legal Framework

Legislation

The Equality Act 2010 states that a disability should not stop someone from working or having the same rights and access to opportunities as other people. Employers have a duty to make reasonable adjustments for employees who are disabled. These are alterations to the workplace or the way a disabled person does their job in order to allow them to work. This may mean changing their work times or providing specialist equipment to help them with certain tasks. Other examples of reasonable adjustments are: reducing or amending duties and targets, arranging work shadowing or ‘buddying up’ with a colleague, adapting equipment or making other changes to the work environment, working from a different location  For more information about The Equality Act, please see https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance

Organisation

The Equality & Human Rights Commission is a statutory organisation which exists to support the implementation of legislation to promote equality and the human rights of people throughout Britain. The Commission is a good source of advice about discrimination at work and can help if someone wants to consider lodging a claim at an Employment Tribunal.

For more information about the Equality & Human Rights Commission, please see: Equality & Human Rights Commission