This guide explains disability as a protected characteristic, the second of nine characteristics that are protected from unlawful discrimination under the Equality Act 2010.
A disabled NHS worker has lost tribunal claims for harassment and discrimination after her manager joked she would have her own 'chauffeur' due to her disability travel grant.
A worker was subject to disability discrimination after his manager repeatedly sighed and made 'exaggerated exhales', an employment tribunal has found.
Susie Munro, senior legal editor at Brightmine, looks at three cases where employers have lost "discrimination arising from disability" claims after treating workers unfavourably because of disability-related absence.
This guide explains how individuals are protected from discrimination arising from disability, under the Equality Act 2010. This is a type of discrimination that is unique to the protected characteristic of disability.