Unlocking Employment Law

13Protection from discrimination (4) disability discrimination

Aims and Objectives

After reading this chapter you should be able to:

• ■ Understand the background to disability discrimination in employment and its limitations prior to the Equality Act 2010
• ■ Understand the definition of disability under the Equality Act 2010
• ■ Understand the different types of prohibited practices under the Equality Act 2010 as they relate to disabled employees
• ■ Understand the nature and scope of the duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled employees
• ■ Understand the processes for making claims for disability discrimination and the available remedies
• ■ Critically analyse the area
• ■ Apply the law to factual situations and reach conclusions

13.1 The origins ...