Category: News
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High Court ruling on disability retirements and injury pensions
The High Court has ruled that police officers retired due to disability should not have to be reassessed by a doctor in order to qualify for an injury pension. This follows a challenge by former Cheshire Constabulary officer Mark Evans, who retired in receipt of a disability pension but was later refused an additional injury…
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‘Pre-cancerous’ conditions found to be a disability under the Equality Act
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that ‘cancer’ for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 includes pre-cancerous lesions, as it upheld the unfair dismissal appeal of a woman who suffered from a lesion that could have become malignant. In the case of Lofty v Hamis, the EAT considered the definition of a disability…
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Time To Talk about mental illness
Thursday 1st February 2018 is ‘Time To Talk’ Day, an initiative led by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness to encourage people to talk about their mental health. With around 1 in 4 people experiencing a mental health problem this year, the stigma around mental illness can be as bad as the mental health problem itself.…