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Reasonable adjustments

CFen

I was recently diagnosed with ASD - I am a 30 year old female and work full time in a finance role.

I have asked my employer for reasonable adjustments and HR have advised me that they wouldn't consider anything until I present a report from an expert which identifies what RAs may be beneficial for me. Apparently this is usual procedure, but I don't have anything like this, and I'm not sure if I can obtain it. Has anyone been told anything similar, or know what the law says on this?

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  • Do you have an Occ Health department? Someone there would be able to agree what would be beneficial. Otherwise whilst that might be the HR department's policy, the law simply says that if you ask for an adjustment and it is "reasonable" (and not having the adjustment puts you at a substantial disadvantage) then your employer has to provide it. "Reasonable" means that you can't ask for e.g. a whole new office building to be built for you, but you can ask for things like extra breaks after meetings, somewhere quiet to work, flexibility, some home working etc. There's nothing in the law that says that the "ask" has to come from an "expert" (how are they defining "expert" by the way?).

    https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/work/discrimination-at-work/taking-action/asking-your-employer-for-changes-to-help-if-youre-disabled/

    Although the link above mentions experts (e.g. GP) this is only in the context of proving that your employer should have been aware of your needs if you need to fight for your rights. All you have to do in the first instance is ask.

    This is just my understanding by the way as someone who has been through it successfully - I'm not a legal expert.

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  • Do you have an Occ Health department? Someone there would be able to agree what would be beneficial. Otherwise whilst that might be the HR department's policy, the law simply says that if you ask for an adjustment and it is "reasonable" (and not having the adjustment puts you at a substantial disadvantage) then your employer has to provide it. "Reasonable" means that you can't ask for e.g. a whole new office building to be built for you, but you can ask for things like extra breaks after meetings, somewhere quiet to work, flexibility, some home working etc. There's nothing in the law that says that the "ask" has to come from an "expert" (how are they defining "expert" by the way?).

    https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/work/discrimination-at-work/taking-action/asking-your-employer-for-changes-to-help-if-youre-disabled/

    Although the link above mentions experts (e.g. GP) this is only in the context of proving that your employer should have been aware of your needs if you need to fight for your rights. All you have to do in the first instance is ask.

    This is just my understanding by the way as someone who has been through it successfully - I'm not a legal expert.

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