UK court rules in disability discrimination claim that reasonable adjustment cannot be imposed without employee’s consent

An engineer whose responsibilities were reduced because of his disabilities could not have a pay cut forced on him. A reasonable adjustment for disability, which was incompatible with the terms of the employment contract could not be imposed by an employer and would only be effective with the employee’s consent. There was no reason in principle why pay protection, in conjunction with other measures, could not be a reasonable adjustment – the question would always be whether it was reasonable for the employer to have to take that step.