Disability discrimination

New and updated

• Date:

  27 October 2010

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Disability discrimination: Difference between "despondency, demotivation and anxiety" and "clinical depression"

  In J v DLA Piper UK LLP [2010] IRLR 936 EAT, the EAT held that, in considering whether or not the employee was disabled, the tribunal was wrong to exclude the evidence of a GP as being "not expert". In remitting the case to the tribunal, it emphasised that there is a difference between "despondency, demotivation and anxiety" caused by problems at work and "clinical depression".

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  "Ironside" nickname for wheelchair user was harassment

  This case is a good reminder of the difference between remarks that constitute unlawful harassment, and mere offensive language.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Disability discrimination - long-term effect

  A table summarising the criteria for the effect of an impairment to be long term.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Is someone with HIV, cancer or multiple sclerosis protected from disability discrimination only at the point that the condition affects their ability to carry out day-to-day activities?

• Type:

  FAQs

  What is the right to bring a claim for discrimination arising from disability under the Equality Act 2010?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Should an employer that does not have disabled employees concern itself with good practice in disability?

• Type:

  FAQs

  If an employee who has been diagnosed with diabetes requests to work from home, does the employer have to agree to the request?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Are there any risks attached to asking job candidates about the number of days' sickness absence they have had in the past year?

• Type:

  FAQs

  For the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 does a mental illness have to be clinically well recognised?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Is alcohol addiction covered by the disability provisions of the Equality Act 2010?