Legal masterclass: Disability and the Equality Act - Employment, Edinburgh

12th November 2010, 10:00am - 4:00pm, Edinburgh

The Equality Act brings together 116 pieces of existing anti-discrimination legislation, including the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). 

This Legal Masterclass provides you with the opportunity to learn about what's new and what has changed in the Equality Act as it relates to disability. Working in small groups you will have the opportunity to discuss issues relevant to your organisation and to apply your learning in exercises based on case law.

CPD points: You can earn Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points by attending these events (4.5 hours).

Why attend?

Find out: 

• How and why the Equality Act reverses the House of Lords decision in Lewisham v Malcolm with the new ‘discrimination arising from disability' provisions.
• What has changed in the definition of disability.
• What the introduction of indirect disability discrimination will mean for your organisation.
• What the new provisions restricting pre-employment health questions mean for your recruitment practices and processes.
• What the term 'reasonable adjustment' means.
• How to implement reasonable adjustment policies and make reasonable adjustments to sickness absence, performance management and redeployment policies.
• What you need to do to ensure your procedures are fair and don't discriminate against disabled employees when restructuring or making redundancies.
• How to apply your learning to real cases.

Speaker

This Legal Masterclass will be led by BelaGor, Legal Director, Employers' Forum on Disability, who is one of the leadingexperts on DDA case law in the UK.

Who should attend?

Lawyers and legal advisers, HR professionals, occupational health professionals, disability advisers, health and safety specialists, those in charge of training and disability or diversity practitioners responsible for promoting change on disability. 

CPD points: 4.5