Where in the D.D.A. is the requirement to make reasonable adjustment?
The term “reasonable adjustment” is not contained expressly in the D.D.A. . However, the D.D.A. definitely requires employers to make reasonable adjustment. The obligation to make reasonable adjustment, as well as applying in relation to employees and applicants for employment, also applies to other economic relationships covered by the D.D.A., including in relation to contract workers, commission agents and partnerships. The requirement to make reasonable adjustment under the D.D.A. applies whether a person’s disability was pre-existing or was caused at work and whether it is temporary or permanent. The general requirement under the D.D.A. to make reasonable adjustment results from D.D.A. section 6, on indirect discrimination. Section 6 defines discrimination as including the imposing of any “requirement or condition” which a person with a disability cannot or does not comply with, if a substantially greater proportion of people without than with the disability can comply with it, and
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