The Claimant brought a claim of discrimination arising from disability following his dismissal in the recent case of Risby v London Borough of Waltham Forest. The employee was a wheelchair user. His employer changed the venue for a course to one which was inaccessible to him as a wheelchair user. The employee lost his temper. […]
Tag: discrimination arising from disability
Making reasonable adjustments
Under the Equality Act 2010, an employer has a duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled employees. The issue in claims is often whether adjustments were reasonable once the issue of whether they are disabled within the meaning of the Act 2010. In the recent EAT case of G4S Cash Solutions (UK) Ltd v Powell […]