Disability at work | Acas

Advice on supporting and treating disabled people fairly at work. For employers, managers and disabled employees, workers and job applicants.

Advice and support

How an employer should support disabled people, talking about disability, and support for anyone managing a disability.

How the Equality Act 2010 defines when someone has a disability.

What reasonable adjustments are, and when an employer must make them.

What disability discrimination is, what you can do if you experience it at work, and how employers should deal with it.

Supporting staff with mental health issues, including when a mental health issue might be considered a disability.

Advice on removing barriers at work to make sure the workplace, and the way people work, is accessible.

In some cases an employer can make a decision based on a protected characteristic, including disability.

How employers can improve equality, diversity and inclusion at work and what the benefits are.

Advice for employers on avoiding discrimination and supporting employees who have long covid.