by Ryan Clement TODAY is the first day of Mental Health Awareness Week in the U.K. As I shall be writing primarily within the context of employment, HR and employment law, I shall start at the beginning. An applicant sees an advert for a job and applies. Two prospective employers’ advertisements express their keenness toContinue reading “Mental Health Awareness”
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Mental Health Awareness Week 2023
by Ryan Clement Monday, 15 to Sunday, 21 May 2023 marks Mental Health Awareness Week. Without doubt I am happy to promote this very important annual awareness. This year, the theme is ‘anxiety.’ I believe this year’s theme will be enlightening and educational for many of us, myself included. As a barrister who has representedContinue reading “Mental Health Awareness Week 2023”
First Among Equals
by Ryan Clement A family member of mine has been tirelessly championing the cause and fighting the case of seeking to de-stigmatise issues surrounding Mental Health – see, for example, ‘Stigma and Discrimination‘ Under s.6 of Equality Act 2010 a person is disabled if they have a physical or mental impairment and the impairment has a substantialContinue reading “First Among Equals”
Don’t forget your normal day to day activities
There are many parts to the statutory definition of “disability” that need to be fulfilled before one can be deemed a “disabled person;” none less so than the effect of the impairment – physical and/or mental – on one’s normal day to day activities. Remember, we are concerned with a ‘statutory’ definition under the Equality Act 2010 (‘theContinue reading “Don’t forget your normal day to day activities”
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