DDA and Sickness Leave

• Author:
• Alan Martin

The Disability Discrimination Act has employment, as well as property, implications for facilities managers. One area that employers must be particularly careful is the treatment of employees who take time off for sickness. The Act requires employers to ensure that they have considered all reasonable workplace adjustments to enable employees to continue working. Therefore, in situations where sickness absence is genuine you need to apply sensitivity. Conversely you need to remember that non-g... (556 more words)

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