Reasonable Adjustments: A Manager’s Guide - July 2026

1. Introduction

Carmarthenshire County Council is committed to removing structural, organisational, physical and attitude barriers that disabled people may face.

This guidance is designed to advise any Carmarthenshire County Council manager who is responsible for implementing a workplace reasonable adjustment or support a disabled employee.

The guidance provides general advice on reasonable adjustments.

There are over 7 million people of working age in the UK living with a disability. However, not every disability is obvious or visible; in fact, 70% of people have a disability which is not visible. It is important as a manager[ALC1.1] therefore to not make assumptions when managing performance of your employees.

As a manager you are responsible for creating an open and supportive environment in which all the employees you manage meet their objectives and performance targets whilst enabling them to achieve their full potential in their role.

This includes disabled employees who may sometimes need you to make changes or “reasonable adjustments” to enable them to do so.

Whilst this guidance is primarily aimed at supporting employees living with a disability, the principles of this guidance can apply to all employees where reasonable adjustments may be appropriate.

This guidance covers all employees including centrally employed teachers but excludes staff on the complement of locally managed schools for whom a separate guidance applies. In the absence of guidance agreed locally by individual schools the principles of this guidance should be followed.