Early Birds - Being reasonable about making adjustments (Cambridge)

In this Early Bird series, Birketts experts will be looking at the duty placed on employers to make reasonable adjustments for disabled employees.

The duty to make reasonable adjustments crops up regularly in claims for disability discrimination, and is a duty that employers frequently misunderstand in practice. At this session we will cover to whom the duty is owed, the circumstances when the duty arises and the steps employers should take in order to satisfy the statutory requirements and avoid the consequences of a successful tribunal claim.

We will look in particular at:

• What is meant by the requirement to provide employees with ‘auxiliary aids’?

• When employers should consider making reasonable adjustments to procedures in the workplace, for example when following disciplinary or capability procedures.

• The duty for employers to make changes to physical features of premises and how far this duty extends.

We will also provide a round-up of some of the key recent developments in employment law.

A light breakfast will be included.

If you have any questions please contact Elaine Snedker on 01223 643103.

 

This is one of a series of events being run by Birketts in the region.

Other dates and venues:

JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester
8:00am – 10:00am
Tuesday 4 February 2020

Huntingdon Racecourse
8:00am – 10:00am
Wednesday 12 February 2020

Birketts Chelmsford office
8:00am – 10:00am
Thursday 13 February 2020

Db Conference Rooms, Bury St. Edmunds
8:00am – 10:00am
Tuesday 25 February 2020

Birketts Ipswich office
8:00am – 10:00am
Tuesday 25 February 2020

The Cliff Hotel, Great Yarmouth
8:00am – 10:00am
Wednesday 4 March 2020

Birketts Norwich office
8:00am – 10:00am
Thursday 5 March 2020

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