Overview

This line manager briefing looks at the law and best practice on disability discrimination:

1. Scope of the disability discrimination legislation
   • liability for disability discrimination
   • employers' duties
2. The definition of disability
   • normal day-to-day activities
   • conditions that may amount to a disability
   • the cause of a disability
   • the effect of medication
   • exceptions
3. What is disability discrimination?
   • less favourable treatment
   • direct disability discrimination
   • disability-related discrimination
4. The duty to make reasonable adjustments
   • taking the initiative
   • examples of reasonable adjustments
   • job changes
   • managing disabled employees who are off sick
   • dismissing a disabled employee
5. Harassment
6. Victimisation
7. Avoiding disability discrimination in recruitment
   • interviewing disabled job applicants
8. Test yourself

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1. Scope of the disability discrimination legislation

All employers (with the exception of the armed forces) are under a duty to comply with the provisions of the disability discrimination legislation.There is no exemption for small employers.