Disability Pride Month takes place each July across the globe and is an opportunity to promote inclusion and to celebrate pride in disabled culture. While many employers might not yet be familiar with disability Pride Month, it certainly provides a chance to pause and reflect on disability inclusion within our organisations and to consider some of the key legal concepts surrounding the disability ground which form part of the employment equality framework in Ireland.

What is Reasonable Accommodation and why is it so important?

Section 16 of the Employment Equality Act 1998-2015 forms the bedrock of the duty to provide reasonable accommodation in Ireland. Put simply, section 16 places a duty on employers to provide