After Me Too and Black Lives Matter, there are growing signs that disability could be the next recipient of a major social media movement, not to mention new legal duties for employers.In the UK, the government has published a new National Disability Strategy including mandatory reporting for employers, the employment gap is impossible to ignore, and the Tokyo Paralympics sparked the campaign WeThe15 representing the world’s 1.2 billion people with a disability.But are employers ready for this? Disability varies wildly from other areas of equality law, and as PageGroup CEO and disability rights champion Steve Ingham recently said, many employers simply think: “It’s too complex an issue to grapple with” and therefore don’t engage.We discuss:Why this is such a complex area of employment law, and why employers should act nowThe merits of pay gap reporting and quotas, but more importantly, the need for an inclusive workplace cultureEmployer attitudes when deciding what is/is not a disabilityThe different types of disability discrimination and knowledge testsThe tricky business of using medical reportsWe also explain cases covering:Concealment of a disabilityAssuming the knowledge of your agents“Reasonable” adjustments including costOur listener question looks at four-day working weeks and what employers should consider when defining the scope of a trial.Useful link: EHRC Code of Practice***Send us your questions and we'll answer them in a future episode – email [email protected] or Tweet us using the hashtag #TLTemploymentpodcast and tag @TLT_EmploymentYou can find out more about our employment team at tltsolicitors.com/employmentSign up to receive our updates at tltsolicitors.com/signupIf you’ve enjoyed listening, please rate us and write a review.

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