Neurodiversity in the Workplace

Posted in : Seamus Says - Employment Law Discussion on 19 March 2024
Seamus McGranaghan
O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors
Issues covered: Neurodiversity, Disability Discrimination

Christine:  So, let's get started on neurodiversity. So this is another area that maybe three or four years ago, we wouldn't have been talking about it at all. It was really very much in the sidelines, but it's being pushed to the fore more and more. It's something we need to be getting our heads around, isn't it, Seamus? 

Seamus:  Yeah, absolutely. I think that the days are gone now of employers having a worry or a concern in relation to certain employees, maybe disclosures being made at interviews or during recruitment. And thankfully, I think the sort of horrible days of really open, direct discrimination are over.

But it's always one that catches me in relation to "What

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Seamus McGranaghan
O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors

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