What duties will employers have with regard to a person with a disability?
Employers will have a duty of “reasonable accommodation” in respect of candidates or employees with a disability. Employers are required to take appropriate measures to enable a person with a disability to have access to employment and training unless doing so would impose a disproportionate burden on the employer. “Reasonable accommodation” may include, for example, providing wheelchair access, adjusting working hours, adapting office equipment or simply redistributing tasks between members of a team. To determine the disproportionate burden, account should be taken in particular of the financial and other costs entailed, the scale and financial resources of the organisation and the possibility of obtaining public funding or any other assistance.
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