Any Buiness Lawyers on here

[anonymous-user]

Hi, I have a question. Can a business discriminate against a disabled person, who has the relevant qualifications, but would be required to travel to customers premises to carry out the work.

The work being IT, and has worked in a similar capacity for a rival firm.

What right, duties and obligations does the employing company have in regards to this?

[therealpigdog]

In short, no.

But things are rarely black and White. What size company and customers are we talking?

[Jasper Gilder]

The employer - under the DDA has to make a reasonable adjustment as far as it is practical, reasonable and affordable. The scale of the adjustment is in relation to the size and resources of the employer - so - the smaller you are, the more you can claim you can't afford

[TimCrighton]

Tricky as not all of your clients properties are likely to be DDA compliant either I wouldn't have thought.

[anonymous-user]

therealpigdog said:

In short, no.

But things are rarely black and White. What size company and customers are we talking?

I have checked the 1995 ACT myself, and size of buiness, i.e amount of employees was taken out in the 2005 amendment, so makes no difference how little or large the company is..