Disability discrimination

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

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

• Type:

  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.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

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

• Date:

  5 April 2016

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Discrimination arising from disability: director's unsympathetic comments about mental illness

  This tribunal decision concerned a director who made dismissive comments about an employee's medical condition instead of considering whether or not she had a disability. The tribunal found the employer had constructive knowledge of the claimant's disability and the comments were discrimination arising from her disability.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Lauren Evans, Iain Naylor, David Rintoul, Lucy Sorell and Rachael Wake are associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Meaning of disability: lifting up to 25kg is "normal day-to-day activity"

  Lifting up to 25kg is a "normal day-to-day activity" when deciding whether or not someone is disabled under the Equality Act 2010. Imogen Noons explains a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision on the definition of disability.

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  Employment law cases

  Negative verbal reference and job offer withdrawal were discrimination arising from disability

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that both the claimant's former and prospective employers committed discrimination arising from disability when a negative verbal reference resulted in a job offer being withdrawn.

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  Employment law cases

  Disability discrimination: discounting triggers in an attendance policy was not a reasonable adjustment

  The Court of Appeal has held that the duty to make reasonable adjustments will normally be engaged in a case where a disabled employee has disability-related absences that trigger the application of an attendance policy. However, the Court dismissed the appeal on the ground that on the particular facts of the case, the adjustments sought were not reasonable.