Key points
The definition of a disability extends to 'temporary impairment'.
Employees returning to work after an injury are sometimes unlawfully discriminated against on the basis of their impairment.
Employers are required to take reasonable steps to accommodate a person with a disability returning to work.
Our office receives complaints from people who feel they have been discriminated against at work on the basis of their disability, whether or not to cause of the problem was work related.