MANAGING DISABILITY ISSUES

There is a duty not to treat disabled people less favourably for a reason relating to their disability unless this can be justified. The duty of reasonable adjustment applies where any physical feature of premises or any arrangements made result in a substantial disadvantage to a disabled person. Disability is defined as a physical or mental impairment having a substantial and long term adverse effect on a person's ability to carry out normal day to day activities. Disability issues can have a significant impact on occupational health and safety. People with disability must be considered when managing health and safety. all risk assessments should assess the risk of those with disability.

Apart from the full range of health and safety legislation which applies to those with disability there is a range of specific disability legislation including:-

• Disability Discrimination Act 1995
• Disability Discrimination Act 2005
• Disability Discrimination Act 1995(Amendment) Regulations
• Building Regulations 2007 Approved Document M Access to and use of buildings

JRL Solutions Ltd provides a one day course for managers and those who are involved in disability issues to enable those attending to appreciate how issues link to health and safety and to more effectively discharge their responsibilities.

The syllabus includes:-

• what is disability?
• overview of legislation and standards
• what are the issues?
• identifying the issues
• evaluation of risk
• auditing to address disability issues
• improving the workplace for those with disability