“Reasonable adjustments”

Under the Disability Discrimination Act, an employer has a duty to make “reasonable adjustments” to make sure you’re not put at a substantial disadvantage by employment arrangements or any physical feature of the workplace.

This should help you to work to the best of your ability and make sure that your condition does not get in the way of you doing your job and that you have an equal chance of performing your duties well in comparison to someone who does not have a disability.

These adjustments might include things like:

• allocating some of your work to someone else
• transferring you to another post or another place of work
• making adjustments to the buildings where you work
• being flexible about your hours – allowing you to have different core working hours and to be away from the office for assessment, treatment or rehabilitation
• providing training or retraining if you cannot do your current job any longer

See also: Making reasonable adjustments