Disability discrimination

New and updated

• Type:

  FAQs

  In an interview what steps must an employer take to accommodate a disabled candidate for a job?

• Date:

  15 December 2010

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Disability discrimination: Police force did not discriminate against officer who appeared to present danger to colleagues and public

  In Aitken v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis EAT/0226/09, the EAT held that, in assessing whether or not a police officer who had displayed violent tendencies had been discriminated against, the employment tribunal was entitled to have regard to the need for a police officer not to appear to present a danger to colleagues or the public.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Failure to provide stool for disabled employee was disability discrimination

  This case is a good example of an employer committing disability discrimination by failing to make a simple adjustment for a disabled employee.

• Type:

  Training

  Disability discrimination quiz - line manager training

  A quiz for line managers to test their knowledge on the law and practice relating to disability discrimination.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Is an employer under a duty to dismiss an employee whose disability makes them particularly susceptible to the risk of harm?

• Type:

  FAQs

  How does an employee's condition meet the definition of disability?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Are there any conditions or categories of work that fall outside the scope of the disability provisions of the Equality Act 2010?

• Type:

  FAQs

  In what circumstances can an employer be accused of discriminating against a disabled employee?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Is an employer breaching the Equality Act 2010 if it fails to make adjustments for a disabled person?

• Type:

  FAQs

  If an employee is dismissed because of a disability, is the employer acting unlawfully?