Support an employee who has become disabled

FAQs

• Is an employer breaching the Equality Act 2010 if it fails to make adjustments for a disabled person?

• What reasonable adjustments could an employer consider if it employs a member of staff with a disability that fluctuates?

• If an employee who has been diagnosed with diabetes requests to work from home, does the employer have to agree to the request?

• Where an employer redeploys a disabled employee to a lower-grade post under its obligations to make reasonable adjustments, is it obliged to maintain the employee's salary level?

• Where a disabled employee is required to take time off to attend a medical appointment should the time off be paid?