Reasonable Adjustments
by Liam
The EAT have decided in Hart v Chief Constable of Derbyshire Constabulary that reducing the standards that an employee is expected to attain is not a reasonable adjustment that he is required to make under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
Hart was prevented, by a disability, from performing certain duties that were expected of a police officer. In particular she could not deal with “confrontational situations requiring restraint, arrest and detention” due to her disability (a spinal problem caused by an earlier accident). Hart argued that the requirement to deal with such situations should be removed as a standard she had to reach in order to pass her probation. The EAT disagreed. Lowering standards is not a reasonable adjustment that has to be made.
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