Disability discrimination

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  Employment law cases

  Disability discrimination: Refusal of flexible start time to disabled teaching assistant was reasonable

  In Appleby v The Governing Body of Colburn Community Primary School and another EAT/0334/15, the EAT upheld an employment tribunal decision that it was not a breach of disability discrimination laws to require a teacher with narcolepsy and mental health problems to be at work for 8.45am, when she had asked for 15 minutes' leeway to arrive by 9am.

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  David Malamatenios is partner at Colman Coyle solicitors. He rounds up the latest rulings.

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  Employment law cases

  Disability discrimination: pay protection may be a reasonable adjustment

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that protecting an employee's pay may be a reasonable adjustment to counter a disabled employee's disadvantage.

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Chris Cook is partner and head of employment and Keely Rushmore is senior associate at SA Law. They round up the latest rulings.

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  Employment law cases

  Tribunal remedies round-up: discrimination arising from disability

  We round up three recent employment tribunal awards for discrimination arising from disability under the Equality Act 2010. The compensation awarded in these three cases totals over £25,000.

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  Employment law cases

  Disability discrimination: Loose connection to disability sufficient for discrimination arising from disability claim

  In Risby v London Borough of Waltham Forest EAT/0318/15, the EAT affirmed that a finding of unfavourable treatment because of "something arising in consequence of" a claimant's disability can be made where there is no direct connection between the disability and the conduct leading to that treatment.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  David Malamatenios is partner at Colman Coyle Solicitors. He rounds up the latest rulings.

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  Employment law cases

  Disability: NHS worker's claim over blood phobia rejected

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has rejected a reasonable adjustments claim by an NHS worker with severe phobias of blood and needles. Ryan Stringer explains this recent decision on reasonable adjustments for a disabled person.

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  Employment law cases

  Employer expectations on working late may have to be adjusted for disabled person

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that an "expectation" that an employee work late can be a "provision, criterion or practice" (PCP) triggering the duty to make reasonable adjustments for a disabled person.

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  Employment law cases

  Discrimination arising from disability: withdrawal of job offer because of sickness absences in previous role

  The employment tribunal has upheld a claim for discrimination arising from disability against an employer that withdrew a job offer when it discovered the extent of the claimant's previous long-term ill-health absences.