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Sickness Absence and Disability Discrimination guidance

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Guidance for unions on how to deal with discrimination against disabled workers losing their jobs through failure to count disability-related absence separately from sickness absence, with advice on negotiating a disability leave policy.

Download: Sickness Absence and Disability Discrimination (PDF)

For further information, please contact Peter Purton: ppurton@tuc.org.uk.

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