We look at how shift and night working operates in the police sector and some of the initiatives aimed at reducing the potential negative impact of such working patterns.
In Chief Constable of Dumfries & Galloway Constabulary v Adams EATS/0046/08, the Scottish EAT held that a police officer with myalgic encephalomyelitis whose symptoms caused him mobility problems at the end of night shifts was a disabled person for the purposes of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
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