Financial Services Network April 2026

Disability, Reasonable Adjustments and the Law

Emily Jackson, Senior Disability Business Partner at BDF will deliver a learning session focused on disability, reasonable adjustments and the law. This interactive session aims to improve knowledge and confidence regarding disability in the workplace and employers’ duties under the Equality Act 2010. The session will cover:

• The legal definition of disability and what businesses need to know
• Who decides if a person is disabled under the Equality Act?
• Reasonable adjustments:
  • What are they?
  • Who makes them?
  • When does the legal duty to make adjustments arise?
  • How can a business decide if an adjustment is reasonable to make?
• An overview of the different types of disability discrimination with scenarios
• Q&A

This meeting is for Business Disability Forum Partner and Member organisations only. Invitations have been sent to Partners and Members that are part of the Financial Service Network. If you haven’t received an invitation and you are interested in attending either just this meeting or becoming a member of Financial Service Network, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

This event will operate using the ‘Chatham House’ rule.

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