EAT considers pay compensation for disabled employee The EAT went some way – but not that far – in considering Equality Act issues on redeployment and pay while off sick. In West v Royal Bank o...
Selection tests Diana Kloss reviews a decision that the way an employer conducted a psychometric test as part of its recruitment process was unlawful disabi...
Good practice guide: dismissal of an employee after long-term sickness absence Good practice guides are meant as general guidance for practitioners to help them comply with the law and good practice, rather than explain...
If consent is not given, or is withdrawn This page deals with the position where a worker or job applicant refuses consent for an OH report to go to management. Position of the OH p...
Whose responsibility is it to propose reasonable adjustments? Emily Yeardley looks at a recent EAT decision on reasonable adjustments and whether an employer can limit itself to reasonable adjustments s...
Reasonable adjustment need not be suggested by claimant The EAT confirmed that an employer may be liable for failure to make a reasonable adjustment even if it was not suggested by the employee at...
Supreme Court ruling on wheelchair spaces The Supreme Court has held that a bus company failed to make sufficient reasonable adjustments when a non-wheelchair user refused to vacate ...
Reasonable adjustments – again Diana Kloss looks at a recent EAT decision on reasonable adjustments to pay. The Equality Act 2010 imposes a duty on employers to make re...
Adjustments to the meeting Where OH is asked whether a worker is fit to attend a hearing, OH should consider what adjustments could be made to the hearing to help it p...
Pay and the reasonable adjustment duty The EAT has said it may in individual circumstances be reasonable to allow a disabled employee to retain previous pay for a less skilled job...
