If you know an employee has a disability, you must, by law, provide any 'reasonable adjustments' they need during the interview process and to support them in their job., What are reasonable adjustments?, Reasonable adjustments, or workplace adjustments, give people with disability equal access to employment. They help a person with disability in job interviews. They support them to do their best at work. Reasonable adjustments might be: physical changes to the work area and workplace equipment or services changes to work methods and tasks. Not all employees with disability will need extra…, What does the law say about reasonable adjustments?, If an adjustment could help an employee with disability, the law says you must make it. You might not have to if you can prove that it would cause 'unjustifiable hardship'. An unjustifiable hardship might relate to: severe financial hardship technical issues heritage reasons. A small cost or inconvenience is not an unjustifiable hardship. For more information, visit the Australian Human Rights…, What are the benefits for the workplace?, Adjusting the workplace has many benefits for the business and your team. For example, adjustments can help: support employees with disability by giving them the right tools to do the job retain valuable staff members who may acquire disability during their employment build your staff's skills. Some adjustments, like tailored equipment for modified work processes can help employees do tasks they…, Examples of reasonable adjustments, Many people with disability know what changes will help them at work or in interviews. Changes to a work area or the workplace could include: a desk that can change height for an employee who uses a wheelchair better lighting for an employee with vision impairment an access ramp. Equipment or services could include: lifting equipment if your employee can’t safely lift heavy objects an Auslan…, Financial support for workplace changes, You may get funding from the EAF to support an employee with disability. This is for changes or to buy equipment or services.
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