Legal update: What are the courts saying about disability and employment?

16th February 2012, 10:00am - 1:00pm, Crown Estate, New Burlington Place, London

This half day Legal Masterclass highlights what's new for disability in the Equality Act and provides an update on the most significant legal cases.

At this event you will learn:

• What's new in the Equality Act
• How courts are interpreting the definition of disability including the new provisions on association and perception
• What the courts are saying about what is 'reasonable'
• What have been the most significant cases and what they mean for your organisation including recent cases on: mental health, managing sickness absence, the cost of reasonable adjustments, redeployment and redundancy

Why attend?

To get an expert insight into how the law has been recently interpreted, what this has meant for UK businesses and public sector organisation and how this could impact on your organisation.

The event will be:

• highly participative - delegates are encouraged to bring their own experiences to the event
• flexible to ensure time to deal with specific questions and issues
• relaxed and informal

Speaker:

• Bela Gor, EFD Legal Director and leading equality law solicitor

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