A quick guide to workplace adjustments centralised budgets

Making workplace adjustments can remove some of the barriers disabled staff face in the workplace and is a requirement under the Equality Act 2010. 

It is important to ensure that all disabled staff across your organisation have fair and equal access to adjustments, while acknowledging that the most equitable way to do this is to treat everyone as the unique individuals that they are. This can make managing a restricted budget and predicting budget requirements challenging. 

Putting in place a centralised budget and process for these adjustments has many benefits, it can help: 

• Create the right culture by being inclusive by design for staff from day one.
• Create clear, streamlined processes that are communicated in an accessible way. 

This quick guide is designed to help HR professionals and equality, diversity and inclusion leads to consider the key elements for managing a centralised budget. It should be used alongside our more detailed guidance on managing a centralised workplace adjustments budget.

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Use our workplace adjustments FAQs to find answers to some of the most common questions around workplace adjustments for staff.