Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 109175

Employment: Disability

Tabled: 28 January 2026
Answered: 4 February 2026

Question

Mohammad Yasin

LabourBedford

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that employers participating in the Disability Confident scheme do not unfairly dismiss employees due to health-related absence or long-term conditi

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
All employers are required to comply with the Equality Act 2010, including the duty to make reasonable adjustments where a disabled person would otherwise be put at a substantial disadvantage compared with their colleagues. The Equality and Human Rights C...

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