.Should rejections be justified?

An employer is justified in giving a disabled candidate no further consideration if,in so far as reasonable adjustments can achieve this, the candidate has beentreated equally with other applicants and one of the following applies:• If a disabled person lacks a qualification or appropriate ability, skills orexperience and this is not related to the candidate’s disability;• She/he has been found to be unsuitable because another candidate hasbetter or more suitable skills and experience and this is not related to thecandidate’s disability;• The candidate’s disability makes her or him substantially less suitable forthe post, even if all reasonable adjustments were made by the employer toovercome the impact of the disability.Unsuccessful candidates should be contacted as soon as possible after a decisionhas been taken. Where possible it is good practice to provide candidates withfeedback as to why they were not chosen for the post.Feedback can be a useful opportunity to give encouragement and support andpossibly advice about the likelihood of any future opportunities within theorganisation. It may be particularly important for disabled candidates to be toldthat the reason for not being selected was related to their level of skills andexperience rather than their disability.