HR & Leave
DTA
Duty to Accommodate
In plain English
The employer's legal obligation to adjust the work or workplace so someone can do the job — up to the point of undue hardship.
Where you’ll see it
Disability, family status, religion and other protected grounds. An obligation, not a favour.
Example
“We'd have to look at this under DTA.”
There is a legal duty to adjust something here, and a process for working out what.
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