Disability Discrimination for Jobs?

garfield413

dori2o wrote: »

I have asked several times to be allowed to work from home either permenantly or part time with the rest of my hours completed in the office.

My employer however has rejected my requests each and every time with their excuse being that they cannot allow me to do it due to Data Protection issues which IMO is a cop out, especially when there are hundreds of people employed by the same department as me travelling around with laptops full of customers data on their person.

If your employer allows others to use laptops, etc then they must have a secure network and encrypted access (something like Citrix). If they didn't then they couldn't allow others in the department to work away from their home office. Public sector has all of that in place due to the nature of the role now and the necessity to work whilst travelling between offices, etc.

I'm a union rep and branch equalities officer and have successfully secured working from home when necessary/appropriate as a reasonable adjustment for a number of my members to enable them to cope with their disabilities while continuing to work. And yes, I work in the public sector too!

dori2o

garfield413 wrote: »

If your employer allows others to use laptops, etc then they must have a secure network and encrypted access (something like Citrix). If they didn't then they couldn't allow others in the department to work away from their home office. Public sector has all of that in place due to the nature of the role now and the necessity to work whilst travelling between offices, etc.

I'm a union rep and branch equalities officer and have successfully secured working from home when necessary/appropriate as a reasonable adjustment for a number of my members to enable them to cope with their disabilities while continuing to work. And yes, I work in the public sector too!

If you dont mind me asking which department is this for and which union? Please feel free to respond via PM if you would prefer