Lancaster University

We seek to examine what changes can be made to the workplace or to the way in which the work is done and to make reasonable adjustments to help disabled employees carry out their role and develop their careers. Once an adjustment has been found to be reasonable, then failure to carry it out cannot be justified at all. Here are some examples:


• make adjustments to premises
• allocate some of the disabled person's duties to another person
• transfer to fill another vacancy
• alter the working hours
• allow to be absent during working hours for rehabilitation, assessment or treatment
• provide training
• acquire or modifying equipment
• modify instructions or reference manuals
• modify procedures for testing or assessment
• provide a reader or interpreter
• provide enhanced supervision