Reasonable Adjustments

AIMS:
To assist managers and supervisors in understanding entitlement to and management of
reasonable adjustments in instances of physical or mental ill-health
To refresh or enhance skills, tools and techniques needed to support team members with
developing or ongoing conditions, through periods of absence or whilst in work, in a fair,
inclusive and compliant manner

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Having attended this training programme participants will be able to:-

• Understand the importance of widening and maintaining access to work for those with a
  disability
• Define disability and reasonable adjustments within the context of the Equality Act 2010 and
  organisational duty of care, policies and procedures
• Examine entitlement to reasonable adjustments, and the role of Occupational Health/medical information in decision-making
• Explore what adjustments could be made and what constitutes ‘reasonable’
• Manage requests for reasonable adjustments, the rationale for implementation and ongoing
  management
• Distinguish between short, medium and long-term adjustments and understand the
  parameters of withdrawal or refusal
• Understand possible outcomes of a failure to make reasonable adjustments and consider
  recent case examples

This is a half-day online event.

9.30am-12.30pm