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Hi Dea, Thank you for flagging this and my apologies for the quick email as I'm dashing to a meeting. The job description brings up an important issue within recruitment and retention of staff. Under the Equality Act it is the duty of the organisation to provide reasonable adjustments to staff. As the Equality Act covers across the 9 Protected Characteristics and visible and hidden disabilities. Organisations should be in a position to support talent within their existing teams as well as demonstrate recruitment which are and working towards inclusive practice. It is well known in other sectors, how beneficial this can be for the entire team in terms of working practice as well as benefiting the visitor experience. The ability to carry items upstairs is listed under essential in the job description. This could be interpreted as placing at the responsibility of the individual in how they could meet this task under the job description criteria. However, this particular task should be met by the organisation in how they provide these reasonable adjustments and what strategy they have in place to reduce the need to carry items upstairs. This could be a range from use of caretakers, having items already in the space and of course,strategy for installing a lift. With Best Wishes Becki On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 1:26 PM Dea Birkett <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Is it legal to have as a requirement that must be able to ‘carry > resources up stairs?’ Does that comply with DDA? > > Dea Birkett > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 10 Feb 2020, at 12:03, GEM Office <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > *From GEM Office* > > > > An advert for the following position has just been placed on the GEM > website: > > > > Job Title Learning & Engagement Officer > > Organisation Thackray Medical Museum > > Location Yorkshire > > Salary £10 Per hour > > Type Part-time 25 hours per week. 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