What type of employment is covered?

The following employment is covered by the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA):

Voluntary workers may be covered.

The employment part of the DDA covers:

What else is covered?

The DDA also covers work pension schemes and insurance benefits for employees.

What exceptions are there?

Employers can justify discrimination in certain circumstances. There is more information about this in our factsheet "Information for deaf people in work or looking for work".

Time limits

A disabled person can bring a complaint of disability discrimination to the Employment Tribunal, but must do so within three months less one day of the date of the discriminatory act.

If there were a number of discriminatory acts, for example harassment over a number of months, then the last instance must be within the three month period.

Further information

For more information on the employment part of the DDA please see our factsheet "Information for deaf people in work or looking for work".