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- Employment law guide
The recent case of Ngole v Touchstone clarifies that, when concerns are raised about how an employee manifests a religious belief, employer action should be directed at how an employee's religious belief is expressed, rather than at the belief itself, regardless of how objectionable and upsetting that belief may be.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated with a reference to Pal v Accenture, which clarified whether endometriosis constitutes a disability.
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- Date:
- 29 January 2026
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- News
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- Employment law cases
We look at three cases where employment tribunals found that employers failed to make reasonable adjustments for neurodivergent employees.
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- Date:
- 31 July 2025
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- News
The number of disability discrimination cases received by Acas for early conciliation from employment tribunals increased by 40.7% in 2024-25.
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- Date:
- 23 May 2025
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- News
A worker was subject to disability discrimination after his manager repeatedly sighed and made 'exaggerated exhales', an employment tribunal has found.
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- Date:
- 18 March 2025
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- Podcasts and webinars
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.
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- Employment law guide
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.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
This guide explains the duty to make reasonable adjustments for employees and job applicants who have a disability. A failure to comply with the duty amounts to unlawful disability discrimination under the Equality Act 2010.
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- Employment law cases
We look at three cases where employers have lost "discrimination arising from disability" claims after treating workers unfavourably because of disability-related absence.