Good coverage of key issues. Excellent selection of speakers, obvious experts in the field. Good practical examples

- J. Husban, Weil Gotshal & Manges

Managing Disabled Employees Under The Equality Act

A comprehensive one-day seminar which looks at the legal and practical aspects of managing disabled employees at work following the replacement of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 by the Equality Act 2010

Introduction

This important one day course will provide delegates with a thorough understanding of the legal and practical protection provided to disabled job applicants and existing employees.

The Equality Act will replace the DDA and the revised Codes of Practice, with the new changes affecting both current and past employees.

Potentially significant changes could include:

  • The extension of the prohibition against indirect discrimination to disabled job applicants and employees;
  • The extension of the duty to make reasonable adjustments to specifically include the provision of auxiliary aids; and
  • The creation of an entirely new form of protection, namely the prohibition against discrimination arising from disability (which will be of particular relevance to the management of disability-related sickness absence).

Event details


Date:

Thursday 09 September 2010

Location:

Lion Court
London, WC1V 6NY

Receive a free bottle of champagne when you book by 26 July 2010!

Benefits

Seminar highlights include:

  • How will the new Act impact on recruitment and disability
  • How to avoid indirect disability discrimination in the workplace
  • Instructive insights on making reasonable adjustments
  • Managing disability-related sickness absence, including the impact of the new GP “fit note” regime
  • Addressing disability-related harassment by both fellow employees and customers
  • The impact of disability when conducting fair dismissals

Who Should Attend

  • Those managing disabled staff
  • Those advising on personnel issues involving such staff

The emphasis is on the practical issues which arise in a day-to-day basis.