It is well known that, under the Equality Act 2010, an employer is under a duty to make reasonable adjustments in relation to a disabled person. It is less well known what this means in practice and when the duty actually applies. The purpose of the duty is to assist Read more…
An employer’s duty to make reasonable adjustments for a disabled employee only arises where the employer knows or is reasonably expected to know that the employee has a disability. Assessing whether an employee is disabled can be difficult, particularly in a case of mental illness. In the recent Court of Read more…
The Employment Appeal Tribunal in the case of Warner v Armfield Retail & Leisure Ltd [2012] has held that a disabled employee’s contract of employment is capable of being frustrated, but that in such cases, the Employment Tribunal must first consider whether the employer was in breach of its duty Read more…