When Dementia meets the workplace: Employee Rights: An introduction to understanding your rights and responsibilities – employees

Laura Lebec; Lyndsey Bengtsson; Jill Stavert; Connor McDonald

When Dementia meets the workplace: Employee Rights: An introduction to understanding your rights and responsibilities – employees

Laura Lebec^*, Lyndsey Bengtsson, Jill Stavert, Connor McDonald

^*Corresponding author for this work

Northumbria Law School

Research output: Other contribution

1 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

With over 40,000 people under 65 living with dementia in the UK, many remain in employment or wish to continue working. This blog explains the legal protections available under the Equality Act 2010, including the right to reasonable adjustments and protection from discrimination, harassment, and pressure to retire. It addresses common myths, explains the choice around disclosing a diagnosis, and sets out the steps to take—including the strict time limit—if you experience unfair treatment at work.

Original language	English
Type	Blog article
Media of output	Website
Publisher	Working With Dementia
Number of pages	5
Place of Publication	Paisley
Publication status	Published - 17 Feb 2026

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Access to Document

When Dementia meets the workplace_ Employee Rights - Working with DementiaFinal published version, 143 KB

https://workingwithdementia.org/blog/when-dementia-meets-the-workplace/

Cite this

@misc{d8c343971bc14aeab9247cb9dca33413,

title = "When Dementia meets the workplace: Employee Rights: An introduction to understanding your rights and responsibilities – employees",

abstract = "With over 40,000 people under 65 living with dementia in the UK, many remain in employment or wish to continue working. This blog explains the legal protections available under the Equality Act 2010, including the right to reasonable adjustments and protection from discrimination, harassment, and pressure to retire. It addresses common myths, explains the choice around disclosing a diagnosis, and sets out the steps to take—including the strict time limit—if you experience unfair treatment at work.",

author = "Laura Lebec and Lyndsey Bengtsson and Jill Stavert and Connor McDonald",

year = "2026",

month = feb,

day = "17",

language = "English",

publisher = "Working With Dementia",

address = "United Kingdom",

type = "Other",

}

TY - GEN

T1 - When Dementia meets the workplace: Employee Rights

T2 - An introduction to understanding your rights and responsibilities – employees

AU - Lebec, Laura

AU - Bengtsson, Lyndsey

AU - Stavert, Jill

AU - McDonald, Connor

PY - 2026/2/17

Y1 - 2026/2/17

N2 - With over 40,000 people under 65 living with dementia in the UK, many remain in employment or wish to continue working. This blog explains the legal protections available under the Equality Act 2010, including the right to reasonable adjustments and protection from discrimination, harassment, and pressure to retire. It addresses common myths, explains the choice around disclosing a diagnosis, and sets out the steps to take—including the strict time limit—if you experience unfair treatment at work.

AB - With over 40,000 people under 65 living with dementia in the UK, many remain in employment or wish to continue working. This blog explains the legal protections available under the Equality Act 2010, including the right to reasonable adjustments and protection from discrimination, harassment, and pressure to retire. It addresses common myths, explains the choice around disclosing a diagnosis, and sets out the steps to take—including the strict time limit—if you experience unfair treatment at work.

M3 - Other contribution

PB - Working With Dementia

CY - Paisley

ER -

When Dementia meets the workplace: Employee Rights: An introduction to understanding your rights and responsibilities – employees

Abstract

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this