EAT DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
Reasonable adjustments
This appeal concerns the extent of a Chief Constable’s duty of reasonable adjustments under the Disability Discrimination Act towards a serving police officer with chronic anxiety syndrome. The Employment Tribunal found that in the particular circumstances of the case it would have been reasonable (1) to swap the jobs being undertaken by the Claimant and another police constable in the circumstances; or alternatively (2) to medically retire the Claimant on a police pension and immediately re-employ him in a civilian support staff role in the Force. The Chief Constable appealed on several grounds, the main challenge being that the Tribunal was precluded as a matter of law from deciding that either of these could be reasonable adjustments under the Act. Appeal dismissed on this and other points, but appeal allowed on the basis of an inadequately reasoned decision on the medical retirement issue.
Judges:
Cox J
Citations:
[2010] UKEAT 0491 – 09 – 2904
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Citing:
Cited – Project Management Institute v Latif EAT 10-May-2007
EAT The Appellant is a qualifying body, subject to section 14 of the Disability Discrimination Act. The Tribunal found that it had failed to make a reasonable adjustment in the arrangements it made for sitting an . .
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Employment, Discrimination
Updated: 17 August 2022; Ref: scu.410573
