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Case of the week: Disability claims

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Matuszowicz v Kingston Upon Hull City Council [2009] IRLR 288 CA (2 other reports)
- Disability discrimination: Time limit where employee relies on employer's long-term failure to make reasonable adjustments
  
  Date:
  
  19 May 2009
  
  In Matuszowicz v Kingston Upon Hull City Council [2009] IRLR 288 CA, the Court of Appeal held that, where an employee relies on the employer's alleged continuing omission to make a reasonable adjustment, in the absence of evidence as to the date of the employer's decision, the time limit for instituting tribunal proceedings runs from the end of the period during which the employer might reasonably have been expected to effect the adjustment, unless there is an earlier inconsistent act.
- Matuszowicz v Kingston Upon Hull City Council
  
  Date:
  
  25 February 2009
  
  The Court of Appeal has held that, where an employer has inadvertently failed to make a reasonable adjustment for a disabled person, the time limit for bringing a disability discrimination claim begins to run at the end of the period during which the employer might reasonably have been expected to make the adjustment.

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Published date: 3 March 2009
Publisher: RBI
Source: Personnel Today

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