Summer 2005 Newsletter Content More of the same? Around the world Hot tips Inside out? Sweet sacrifice Simple trust Done and dusted? Open immediately File under E An Inspector calls CO still OK Open for business High PHI Arctic chills Duty calls Pensions Fuelling around WIP round Win some, lose some Take it and go? Party talk Work less, earn less Making adjustments

Making adjustments If you take on a disabled employee, you are required to consider what 'reasonable adjustments' you need to make to the workplace or to working arrangements in order to assist the worker to do the job. This seems sensible - it's not worth taking someone on if they can't do the job properly, and you have to make it possible for them to do the job. In a recent employment tribunal case, the employer took on a blind employee, but did not give her enough help. She resigned two years later, claiming disability discrimination and constructive dismissal. The Court of Appeal upheld her claim, because the employer obviously knew at the time of recruitment that she was blind. It's important to know your responsibilities towards employees - it must be good business, as well as the law, to give them the help they need to carry out their work.