Welcome to our latest Coffee Break in which we look at the latest legal and practical developments impacting employers

Economic downturn: considerations for employers

In our latest webinar, Anna Elliott and Leanne Coates looked at considerations for employers in an economic downturn, along with tricky questions which can arise on investigations. This session was part of our In-house Lawyer programme which also covered other topical issues including an update on privilege. If you missed the employment update or would like to listen to any of the other sessions, you can access the recordings here.

Was 'slotting' a disabled employee into a new position a reasonable adjustment?

The Equality Act 2010 places a statutory duty on employers to make reasonable adjustments where a provision, criterion or practice puts a disabled person at a substantial disadvantage in relation to a relevant matter in comparison with persons who are not disabled. Substantial means more than minor or trivial. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has recently considered whether a requirement for employees to attend an interview for new positions as part of a restructuring exercise (or otherwise face redundancy) placed the claimant, who suffered with depression and arthritis, at a disadvantage. If so, were there reasonable adjustments that should have been made?

The EAT noted that the tribunal had approached the issue of disadvantage in a "binary way" in examining whether the employee could attend the...

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