04/12/2007

DCS News Alert for: Disability discrimination act

Who'll really benefit ?
The Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
Despite the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act, employers still seem to be able to discriminate fairly easily against disabled people. ...
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Housing misery for old people
Weston & Somerset Mercury - eston-super-Mare,England,UK
... vulnerable people are not being supported properly and half of common areas in the 4200 homes do not meet Disability Discrimination Act requirements. ...
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Disability special report: Opening doors to employment
PersonnelToday.com - UK
The Disability Discrimination Act has attracted a lot of criticism for being too vague. How can businesses get more clarity on their legal responsibilities? ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability discrimination act

TUC launches campaign against HIV discrimination at work
By The Newsroom
And although discrimination on grounds of HIV infection is illegal under the Disability Discrimination Act - many people living with HIV face unfair treatment at work. The TUC advice, written jointly with the National AIDS Trust, ...
xPRESS Digest - http://www.xpressdigest.org.uk

Case of AirAsia and its provisions for People With Disabilities
By Ivan Chew
... its route to Coventry, UK met a hitch when "disability advocates there [in UK], having learned of their practices, and have alerted officials to review the company's practices in light of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)". ...
sgLEAD - http://sglead.wordpress.com

Mainstream Madness
By samedifference1
If we don't, the Disability Discrimination Act seems like a waste of time and paper. Before I go, I have a message for the police officers who told Anne Novis that because she was not physically harmed, it was not a crime, ...
Remembering the Ability in Disability - http://samedifference1.wordpress.com