Limits of a reasonable adjustment

This report relates to 1 case(s)

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  Kenny v Hampshire Constabulary [1999] IRLR 76 EAT (1 other report)

  • Disability discrimination: No duty on employers to provide carers to attend to employees' personal needs

    Date:

    1 February 1999

    An employer's statutory duty under the Disability Discrimination Act to make "reasonable adjustments" did not extend to providing a carer to assist a disabled person when using the toilet, notwithstanding that without that help the disabled person was deprived of the opportunity to be employed by the employer, holds the EAT in Kenny v Hampshire Constabulary.