Line management

Your line managers have a responsibility to make sure disabled staff are treated fairly and have the same opportunities as theirnon-disabled colleagues.

This means:

• Making recruitment processes barrier free for disabled applicants.
• Ensuring reasonable adjustments are in place for all candidates when interviewing.
• Ensuring all induction processes are accessible.
• Taking a proactive role in the training and development of staff.
• Ensuring all training is accessible for disabled people.
• Holding regular review meetings with disabled and non-disabled team members about their performance.
• Recognising when someone might have or be developing a disability.
• Making sure that disabled team members are not penalised for taking disability related time off.

EFD has produced a series of line manager guides, available from our bookshop, which enable line managers to ensure they treat disabled colleagues fairly.