During the ongoing coronavirus situation, employers must consider how to provide a safe environment for employees with sight loss.
We've put some information together to help you to support your employees who are blind or partially sighted to work from home, make your workplace safer, and what to consider when carrying out risk assessments.
If you are new to remotely managing blind or partially sighted employees, there are some areas you should consider. Read our guidance on managing health and safety, equipment, one-to-ones and team meetings.
There are practical actions for businesses to take on making the workplace safer for your blind and partially sighted employees. Read about the simple steps you need to consider and the legislation you should be aware of as an employer.
Risk assessments must now take coronavirus into consideration. If you have employees with sight loss there are some particular areas you should consider as part of your risk assessment.
Many employers are now conducting job interviews online or by telephone. This short guide to accessible remote interviews looks at some simple ways of ensuring that your video or phone based recruitment is as accessible as possible for candidates with sight loss.
Video calling has quickly become a daily routine for business communication. This short guide looks at some simple ways of ensuring that your video call is as inclusive as possible of blind or partially sighted people.
If you need more information on how you can support employees with sight loss, call our Helpline on 0303 123 9999 or fill in our contact form.
Contact the RNIB employment team