Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 4084
Employment: Disability
Tabled: 3 September 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024
Named DayQuestion
Deirdre Costigan
Labour — Ealing Southall
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring employers to respond to reasonable adjustment requests from disabled workers within two weeks.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe Equality Act 2010 (the Act) protects disabled people against unlawful direct or indirect discrimination in employment, including by placing a duty on employers to make, on request, reasonable adjustments to any element of a job, job application or int...
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