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DTA

HR & Leave

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.

Common context

Disability, family status, religion and other protected grounds. An obligation, not a favour.

Example

We'd have to look at this under DTA.

Means

There is a legal duty to adjust something here, and a process for working out what.

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