Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 4084

Employment: Disability

Tabled: 3 September 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024
Named Day

Question

Deirdre Costigan

LabourEaling 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 Timms
The 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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