Dyslexia In The Workplace Discrimination

Sean douglas the founder of the codpast and dr kate saunders ceo of the british dyslexia association gives their personal views on dyslexic discrimination in the workplace at channel 5 news.

Dyslexia in the workplace discrimination. Consequently dyslexic employees often face particular challenges in the workplace. Dyslexia is a recognised disability under the equality act 2010 which replaced the disability act 2005. A woman with dyslexia has won a disability discrimination case against her employer starbucks after she was accused of falsifying documents. Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty which causes problems with reading writing and spelling.

Employers need to be aware of their legal. If a person with a disability feels they have been discriminated against they may want to take their case to an employment tribunal. The equality act legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and protects against. Dyslexia results from a different brain organization which may cause a problem with reading writing spelling and or speaking despite average or superior intelligence traditional reading instruction and socio cultural opportunity.

Dyslexia in the workplace summary how martin searle solictiors lifted a suspension for an employee with dyslexia and agreed a range of reasonable adjustments the situation wendy works as a specialist nurse at an. Dyslexia is covered by the equality act 2010 so employers have a duty to make reasonable adjustments for dyslexic staff members in the workplace.