Workplace Accommodation

Design requirements for barrier free facilities in Hong Kong

The Building Department published the “Design Manual - Barrier Free Access 2008” which sets out the design requirements, design considerations and recommended design requirements of the provision of proper access to and appropriate facilities in a building.

Design Manual - Barrier Free Access 2008

Reasonable accommodation for an employee with disabilities as specified in the Disability Discrimination Ordinance

For details about the provision of reasonable accommodation for an employee with disabilities, please refer to the “Code of Practice on Employment under the Disability Discrimination Ordinance” published by the Equal Opportunities Commission (see Chapter 5: Inherent Requirement, Reasonable Accommodation and Unjustifiable Hardship).