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Inclusion passports - reasonable adjustments

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Aria20 · 06/12/2023 18:08

Looking for some advice if someone requests an "inclusion passport" due to hidden disabilities is a reasonable adjustment remote working?
Thanks for any advice or experience.

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user628468523532453 · 06/12/2023 18:21

It depends on the specific circumstances. Could be. Might not be.

user628468523532453 · 06/12/2023 18:23

What's considered "reasonable" is context sensitive - the size of the employer, nature of the employer, nature of the work, nature of the difficulties, cost, how effectively the adjustment would address the person's difficulties, etc...

E.g. if you were employed as a bus driver, remote working would not be a reasonable adjustment.

Elieza · 06/12/2023 18:25

Have they had an occupational health assessment? That could be helpful in determining whether or not their issues are, erherm, genuine?

UsingChangeofName · 06/12/2023 18:27

Totally depends on the individual context, as others have said.

youveturnedupwelldone · 06/12/2023 18:38

Depends on the disability and the context of the employer. For instance if they do home/hybrid working they're probably going to be more amenable to it.

As poster says upthread, it's not just a case of saying what you want and getting it.

Most reasonable adjustments are free/inexpensive/easy to implement, but not all. Home/remote working is a little contentious at the moment as so many employers are trying to get people back to offices regardless.

The inclusion passport (we call it reasonable adjustment passport) is really just for recording what's been agreed/ not agreed in my experience, not a route to be given whatever you want (or need, unfortunately).

If the adjustment can't be easily agreed between all parties an occ health referral is the way forward, but again that's not a guarantee - OH give advice not instructions. I've dealt with a lot of health related home working requests over the last couple of years and OH would always say it's a contractual matter between employer/employee.

For hidden disabilities I always had to ask the employee to get evidence from their own medical team in order to get HW contracts agreed by the organisation as an adjustment (there were many unreasonable hoops as they didn't want to give new HW contracts).

Aria20 · 06/12/2023 18:50

Ok thanks for the advice all - potentially worth pursuing. The employer is aware of the disability as I checked that box on the application form but as it has so far been fully remote I didn't need any adjustments or feel the need to disclose full details to my line manager as I have never met in person.

Basically I was recruited for a remote role which I was told would stay remote - surprise surprise now want 40% in office. I wouldn't have accepted the offer or left my previous remote role if I had known. I have not been there long though so still on probation. The job can be done fully remotely and the team is spread out very far and wide geographically and no one local to me - so I would go to an office to sit by myself on teams anyway.

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