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Reasonable adjustments at work: examples that actually happen
Adjustments can include equipment, flexible hours, remote work, breaks, accessible software, quiet space, redeployment, and communication changes. What is reasonable depends on effectiveness, cost, and practicality.
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Adjustments can include equipment, flexible hours, remote work, breaks, accessible software, quiet space, redeployment, and communication changes. What is reasonable depends on effectiveness, cost, and practicality.
- Explain the barrier and the adjustment as a pair — not just diagnosis.
- Ask for a trial period with review dates.
- Put requests in writing and keep meeting notes.
- Involve Occupational Health where helpful — but remember OH advises, employers decide.
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- 1Explain the barrier and the adjustment as a pair — not just diagnosis.
- 2Ask for a trial period with review dates.
- 3Put requests in writing and keep meeting notes.
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Adjustments can include equipment, flexible hours, remote work, breaks, accessible software, quiet space, redeployment, and communication changes. What is reasonable depends on effectiveness, cost, and practicality.
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- Explain the barrier and the adjustment as a pair — not just diagnosis.
- Ask for a trial period with review dates.
- Put requests in writing and keep meeting notes.
- Involve Occupational Health where helpful — but remember OH advises, employers decide.
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- Put requests in writing and keep meeting notes.
- Involve Occupational Health where helpful — but remember OH advises, employers decide.
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- Explain the barrier and the adjustment as a pair — not just diagnosis.
- Ask for a trial period with review dates.
- Put requests in writing and keep meeting notes.
- Involve Occupational Health where helpful — but remember OH advises, employers decide.
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- Explain the barrier and the adjustment as a pair — not just diagnosis.
- Ask for a trial period with review dates.
- Put requests in writing and keep meeting notes.
- Explain the barrier and the adjustment as a pair — not just diagnosis.
- Ask for a trial period with review dates.
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