Our seminar for employee advisors is a core part of our campaign - Disability Matters. We have been running this throughout October 2021 to stamp out disability discrimination in the workplace.

Fiona Martin, Director and Head of Employment Law at Martin Searle Solicitors, will show you how you can best assist employees and workers who are treated less favourably in the workplace. This might be because of their disability, or something arising out of their disability.

Our seminar will focus on useful tactics to ensure that employees with disabilities are treated fairly. We will also explain what steps to take if they are being treated unfavourably or if reasonable adjustments are not being considered. Finally, we will also discuss examples of what employers should be doing to ensure an equal playing field for disabled staff.

Our seminar will be recorded and will be made available on our website as a future resource for advisers all over the UK.

Topics covered in the session will include:

What is a mental or physical disability under the Equality Act?
When will an employer be considered to be on notice of disability?
Helping employees and workers to raise formal grievances
What constitutes a reasonable adjustment?
Appealing grievance outcomes
How to make sure reasonable adjustments are carried out
How to handle sickness or disability-related disciplinary and capability processes
Long and short-term sickness absence
Employee and worker rights, including contractual and statutory

Please submit written questions when you register for this seminar and you will also have the opportunity to ask questions at the end.

Wednesday 27 October, 10am - 12pm

If you have any questions about this seminar, please contact chris@ms-solicitors.co.uk or call Chris Parkinson on 01273 609911.

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