Disability Discrimination: Managing mental health at work

Dominic Holmes considers recent case law developments on disability discrimination and dealing with mental impairments in the workplace ‘Once the employer knows that an employee is disabled, it is under a duty to take such steps as are reasonable to avoid any substantial disadvantage suffered by the employee in the workplace.’According to research conducted by …
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Disability Discrimination: The importance of being reasonable

Melanie Lane and Dominic Holmes argue that it is more important than ever for employers to adopt a wide-ranging and flexible approach to reasonable adjustments ‘The way in which the duty inter-relates with other strands of disability discrimination law is likely to become an increasingly significant issue as case law develops.’ The Equality Act 2010 …
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