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Tag: discrimination arising from disability

S.15 EqA: justification of steps under absence management procedure

The EAT held it will normally be a question of whether individual steps under the procedure are justified, rather than the procedure as a wh...
05 Dec 2016 filed under Disability, Managing sickness and absence .

Attendance management and reasonable adjustments

A key decision of the Court of Appeal has made clear that it may be a reasonable adjustment to increase the number of days’ absence that wil...
13 Jan 2016 filed under Disability, Managing sickness and absence .

Equality Act 2010: five years on

The Equality Act (EqA) is now more than five years old. Most of it took effect on 1st October 2010. It is a good time therefore to look fair...
21 Dec 2015 filed under Disability, Equality Act 2010 .
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  • Legal Topics
    • Age
      • Age direct discrimination
      • Compulsory retirement
      • Fixed retirement ages for health and safety, and maximum recruitment ages
      • Age indirect discrimination
      • Age-related harassment
      • Age discrimination: exceptions and particular areas
      • Provision of services: age discrimination
      • Age: Health and safety legislation for younger workers
    • Bloodborne viruses
      • Health and safety law on sharps injuries, incl needlestick directive
      • Personal injury claims and needlestick injuries
      • Equality Act and bloodborne viruses
    • Consent and confidentiality
      • Data protection (GDPR)
        • GDPR: the controller
        • GDPR: what records are covered?
        • GDPR: Data protection principles
        • GDPR: Consent
        • GDPR: Conditions for lawful processing
        • GDPR: Privacy notices
        • GDPR: Worker’s right to request disclosure
        • GDPR: Security
        • GDPR: Miscellaneous
        • GDPR: Brexit
        • Freedom of information requests
        • Archive: Data Protection Act 1998
          • DPA 1998: what records are covered?
          • DPA 1998: the data controller
          • DPA 1998: the Data Protection principles
          • DPA 1998: Worker’s right to request disclosure
          • DPA 1998: Employment practices code and guidance
      • Duty of Confidentiality
      • Consent
      • Consent for OH reports
      • Pre-employment questionnaires: confidentiality and consent
      • If consent is not given, or is withdrawn
      • Where is consent not needed?
      • Seeking information from a GP or other doctor
      • Access to Medical Reports Act 1988
      • Report for judicial proceedings
      • Covert surveillance
      • OH records
      • Pressure to breach OH legal/ethical obligations
      • Good practice guide: Confidentiality and consent on a management referral
    • Disability
      • What is a ‘disability’?
        • Disability: The definition
        • Disability: ‘Impairment’
        • Substantial adverse effect
        • Disability: ‘Normal day-to-day activities’
        • Disability: Effect of medical treatment
        • Disability: ‘Long-term effect’
        • Perceived disability
        • OH reporting on whether disabled
        • Medical evidence to prove disability under the EqA
      • Reasonable adjustments
        • Reasonable adjustments: detailed rules
        • Adjustments: What is reasonable?
        • Examples of reasonable adjustments
        • Attendance management and Equality Act
        • Sick pay, pay protection, and Equality Act 2010
        • Redeployment
        • Disability/health and disciplinary or grievance procedures
      • Disability discrimination
        • Disability: Direct discrimination
        • Discrimination arising from disability (EqA s.15)
        • Objective justification and disability
        • Health and safety as a justification for disability discrimination
        • Indirect disability discrimination (EqA s.19)
        • Disability: Discrimination by association
      • Knowledge of the disability under EqA
        • Disability: Is the employer treated as knowing what OH knows?
      • Types of disability
        • Obesity
        • Menopause
    • Employment
      • Rights of workers and employees: introduction
      • Contract law
      • Employment contract or contract for services?
      • Workers
      • Employment contracts
      • Pay
      • Agency workers
    • Equality Act 2010
      • Protected characteristics under EqA
        • Sex discrimination
        • Race and religion or belief
        • Sexual orientation and the EqA
        • Gender reassignment
      • Discrimination under EqA
        • Direct discrimination under EqA
        • Indirect discrimination
        • ‘Objective justification’ defence
        • Other EqA defences
        • Harassment in the EqA
        • Victimisation
        • Discrimination by association and by perception
        • EqA shift in burden of proof
        • Public sector equality duty (PSED)
      • EqA scope and liability
        • EqA: Employees and others covered by the employment provisions
        • Who is liable under the EqA?
        • Provision of services, and public functions
      • EqA Codes of Practice and Guidance
    • Family-friendly measures
      • Shared parental leave and pay
      • Paternity leave
      • Unpaid parental leave
      • Parental bereavement leave and pay
      • Time off for dependants (emergencies)
      • Right to request flexible working
      • Adoption
    • Fitness to attend hearing
      • Is the worker fit to attend?
      • Adjustments to the meeting
      • Can hearing proceed without the employee?
      • Good practice guide: Fitness to attend capability and disciplinary interviews
    • Fitness to work
      • S.60 EqA: Pre-employment enquiries
      • Pre-employment: Equality Act
      • Lying at pre-employment
      • Testing to protect others, including drugs and alcohol
      • Health surveillance: Screening to protect the employee
      • Genetic screening
      • General health screening
    • Jurisdictions, and foreign workers
      • United Kingdom jurisdictions
        • Northern Ireland discrimination law
        • Scotland
      • Working abroad: unfair dismissal and Equality Act
    • Legal system: an introduction
      • Sources of law
      • Types of law: civil and criminal
      • Brexit
      • Courts involved with disputes related to occupational disease and injury
      • European Union (EU)
      • European Convention on Human Rights, and Human Rights Act
      • How to find the law
    • Managing sickness and absence
      • Coronavirus (COVID-19)
        • Archive: Self-isolation regulations for Covid-19
      • Dismissal for long-term absence: Overview
      • Illness and unfair dismissal
      • Ill health dismissal and the EqA
      • If incapacity is due to the employer or work
      • Persistent shorter absences
      • Conflict of OH with other medical opinion
      • Good practice guide: dismissal of an employee after long-term sickness absence
    • Mental health / Stress
      • Mental health: Is there a ‘disability’ within the EqA?
      • S.60 EqA: Coping with mental pressure
      • Personal injury: Occupational Stress
      • Personal injury: Traumatic shock
      • Stress under health and safety legislation
      • Protection from Harassment Act 1997
    • OH regulation and liability
      • OH practitioner’s duty of care in civil law
      • OH practitioner liability under EqA
      • Criminal liability of OH practitioners
      • Indemnity for OH professionals
      • Revalidation
    • Personal injury (negligence)
      • Personal injury
      • Vicarious liability in negligence claims
      • Personal injury: Voluntary assumption of risk
      • Asbestos-related disease, including mesothelioma: compensation
    • Pregnancy and maternity
      • Pregnancy and maternity under health & safety regulations
      • Pregnancy and maternity under Equality Act 2010
      • Pregnancy: Employment protection rights
      • Pregnancy: Do health and safety laws override Equality Act?
      • IVF treatment
      • Surrogacy
    • RIDDOR and other public disclosure
      • RIDDOR
      • Notification of infectious diseases (NOIDS)
    • Tribunals and reports
      • Tribunal legal procedure
      • Tribunal remedies
      • Tribunals: The role of OH
      • Tribunals: Preparing the OH report
      • Tribunals: Giving evidence
      • Tribunal guidance on expert evidence
    • Unfair dismissal
      • Unfair dismissal: the rules
      • Grievance and disciplinary procedures
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