The University has just released its Disability Passport scheme which aims to help individuals agree reasonable adjustments in the workplace, with a particular emphasis on adjustments following them around the organisation without having to be re-negotiated. We welcome this step, but have highlighted that it does little or nothing to address our two main concerns around the implementation of reasonable adjustments:
- Individuals are often left to implement their own adjustments with no support, facing complex purchasing schemes for equipment or software with which they have no experience. In some cases individuals have resorted to spending their own money on necessary purchases instead,
- It is unclear where in the University individuals and managers can go for specialist advice on implementing reasonable adjustments, with involvement split between HR and Occupational Health, and no one area taking primary responsibility.
We will continue to work closely with the other campus unions and with the Disability and Inclusion Staff Network to have these concerns addressed.