Disability remains one of the workplace diversity strands to make the slowest progress. Collecting and analysing more comprehensive data around disability and the challenges employees and candidates face can help employers harness the benefits of a more diverse workforce, argues Katy Talikowska.
Updated to include information on measures relating to disability in the Employment Rights Bill and the forthcoming Equality (Race and Disability) Bill.
A raft of employment law changes have come into effect over the past few months. In this edition of the podcast, Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson discuss some developments that have perhaps received less attention than others: the changes to special redundancy protection for family-related leave that came into force on 6 April 2024.
In Wright-Turner v London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and another, the employment tribunal held that a senior council officer's dismissal while on sick leave, with no warning, fair procedure or opportunity to appeal, was unlawful disability discrimination.