Type: Conclusion of the Advocate General

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 11/11/2021

Subject: According to the Advocate general, an employer is obliged, as a matter of reasonable accommodation, to reassign a worker who has become unfit for his or her job to another job where he or she has the necessary skill, ability and availability, and where such a measure does not impose a disproportionate burden on the employer. Those accommodations are a preventive measure to maintain the employment of people with disabilities and apply to workers on probation as part of their recruitment

Parties: HR Rail

Classification: Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination - Art. 26 Rights of the disabled

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