Neurodiversity is becoming an increasingly important source of employment law and compliance risk. Employment tribunal claims involving neurodivergent workers are rising, with disputes often focusing on reasonable adjustments, recruitment and performance processes, communication failures and whether employers properly understood an employee’s needs.
At the same time, the Employment Rights Act is changing the wider employment law landscape. New and strengthened workplace rights, alongside greater scrutiny of how employers handle complaints and workplace disputes, make a neurodiversity compliance failure an increasingly expensive risk.
VinciWorks experts led a practical discussion where we examined how neurodiversity-related disputes arise, what recent tribunal cases can teach employers, and where weaknesses in policies, reasonable adjustment processes, training and management practices can create legal exposure.
The session covered:
- How the Employment Rights Act is changing workplace rights and increasing the importance of effective employment compliance
- Why neurodiversity-related disputes are becoming a growing employment tribunal risk
- When neurodivergence may amount to a disability under the Equality Act and the implications for reasonable adjustments
- Lessons from recent tribunal decisions involving neurodivergent employees
- Common compliance failures involving recruitment, communication, performance management, absence and workplace processes
- Practical steps HR and compliance teams can take to reduce the risk of neurodiversity-related disputes escalating to tribunal
