03 Jul, 2024 Menopause in the workplace - ignorance is not bliss… it’s expensive! The perils of ignoring an OH report By Sarah Harnett Engaging with your occupational health (OH) professional and following their advice formed the basis of our recent podcast. Only two...
23 Aug, 2023 Should disabled employees have to modify their behaviours? By Libby Hubbard This is not a question we would expect - we are used to employers modifying their behaviours and making reasonable adjustments (once they...
19 Oct, 2022 Minimising the impact of separation on children with SEND By Anthony Collins "I don't know how I'm going to keep my children warm this winter." Earlier this week, I met with the head teachers of two schools for...
21 Sep, 2022 Long Covid - a disability? By Jackie Morris It has already been established that people suffering from long Covid can be classified as disabled for the purposes of section 6 of the...
21 Jun, 2022 The Employment Tribunal finds long Covid is a disability By Anthony Collins The key headlines from this case are as follows: the claimant in this case suffered from long Covid andthis illness was a disability. For...
08 Feb, 2022 Where is the profession two years on from the 'Legally Disabled?' report By Ann Houghton In 2020 Cardiff Business School, in partnership with The Law Society, undertook a project looking at the experience of disabled people in...
01 Dec, 2021 Want to hear about working with MS? By Ann Houghton The last few days I've been listening to podcasts by my colleagues about how disabilities and illnesses affect them. I have to admit I...
11 Aug, 2021 Making disability part of normality By Ann Houghton A different article today, in the spirit of summer holidays and reading books by the beach (or on the sofa as the case may be!) When...
30 Jun, 2021 Wheels for Wellbeing By Ann Houghton We all know exercise is good for our wellbeing - perhaps now more than ever with the effects of the coronavirus affecting all of us in...