A controversial subject concerns what should happen to an employee who is found to have lied about, or withheld health information requested...
Summary A disability within the EqA must be a ‘physical or mental impairment’. This phrase is very wide. Tribunals take a functi...
Summary ‘Long-term’ is assessed as at the time of the alleged discrimination. As at that time, the substantial adverse effect on normal day-...
Obesity is not necessarily a ‘disability’, but will be if the impairments (eg mobility) meet the normal definition. It may be a disability e...
Equality Act 2010 defines a disability as a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on the person...