'Daily nightmare' | The workplace conflict driving disabled employees out of work

Disabled employees are being pushed towards formal disputes, financial insecurity and, in some cases, leaving employment altogether when requests for workplace support are dismissed or poorly managed.

New Acas research found that conflict was driven less by employees’ disabilities than by how employers responded to them. Across interviews with disabled workers, requests for reasonable adjustments were questioned, delayed or reframed as evidence of poor performance and misconduct.