Key Legal Concepts:
What is discrimination? – everyday versus legal definitions
What is a disability? – Equality Act definition
Basic employment rights – such as the right not to have unlawful deductions from salary, and the right not to suffer unfair dismissal – when will a dismissal be fair?
Equality Act rights:
- Direct Discrimination – how to identify this
- Indirect Discrimination
- Reasonable adjustments (including what happens if there are changing demands?)
- Discrimination Arising from Disability
- Victimization
- Harassment
Disclosing disability – the legal position