Employee-favourable
2026
If your employer agrees a reasonable adjustment, they have to actually put it in place. Failing to follow through can be unlawful disability discrimination on its own.
Employee-favourable
2026
Raising a genuine concern at work is protected from day one, whatever your length of service.
Employer-favourable
2026
A vacancy notice is not a promise of a fair hearing.
Been put on a performance improvement plan? Here's what a PIP actually means, what makes one fair, and what your rights are if a disability or health condition is behind it.
Employee-favourable
2009
If your employer has failed to make a reasonable adjustment you asked for, the three month time limit for a claim can start running from when they should have acted, not from whenever the problem finally comes to a head.
Employee-favourable
2011
An adjustment does not need a guaranteed, or even a strong, chance of removing your disadvantage to count as reasonable under the law. A lesser prospect can be enough.
Employer-favourable
2014
Your employer's duty to make reasonable adjustments only bites once they know, or reasonably should know, that you are disabled. Vague or shifting descriptions of your symptoms can mean a tribunal finds they never had enough to go on.
Employee-favourable
2023
A single, clear conversation naming your condition, its effect on you, and how long it has lasted can be enough to prove your employer knew you were disabled. You don't need a diagnosis in hand first.
If work is making you unwell, you are not just expected to cope. Here are both legal routes for pushing back, and what actually decides each one.
Employee-favourable
2007
Being disadvantaged in a single exam or assessment is real evidence of a disability. You don't need your whole life to be affected.
Menopause and perimenopause aren't a protected characteristic on their own, but the symptoms and how your employer responds to them are still very often covered by the law.
Employee-favourable
2021
Coping doesn't mean you're not disabled. The law asks what happens when your coping stops working, not just how you manage on a good day.
