richardallen1976 wrote: ↑24 May 2023, 16:35
Annoyed (again)
I've just got rejected for that Museum job I applied for last week, probably because I did what I always do and declared my disability issues and fact I can only do very limited hours due to personal circumstances! I wouldn't mind but direct discrimination's supposed to be illegal under the Equality Act.
I sympathise with your situation, especially when I am in similar circumstances, but the anti discrimination laws are not a "get a job for free" card. What they are meant for is that if you have two people who are equally suitable for a position, it is illegal to deny the position on the grounds of disability etc.
If you can't fulfil the job requirements, you wont be successful in your applications. If the job requires you to work evenings/nights, and you can't, you wont get the job. If the job is for 8 hour shifts and you can't work more than 4 hours, you won't get the job. If the job is to spend long times standing and walking around, and you can't stay on your feet for more than 30 minutes, you won't get the job. If the job requires working weekends, and you can't work on Saturdays, you won't get the job...and so on.
If you are lucky, you might find a position where the conditions can be changed to fit your circumstances. Yes, declare your circumstances, but also make positive statements about what you CAN do. I used to work with somebody who had trouble being on their feet for more than a couple of hours, so they had their break time broken up into more frequent, shorter ones.
I've worked with partially sighted and partially hearing colleagues, and colleagues with medical conditions that would impact their working time, and they got those positions by being positive and assertive about what they COULD do.
