22/01/2008

DCS News Alert for: Disability discrimination act

Employers can't judge disability on future events, says court
Out-Law.com - London,England,UK
In an Employment Tribunal case she claimed discrimination under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). McDougall was found by the Employment Tribunal to ...
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The chair workout
Guardian Unlimited - UK
When section three of the disability discrimination act came into force in October 2004, the aim was to ensure that all public facilities, including gyms, ...
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Police pick up disability recognition
Chichester Today - Bath,England,UK
... been created and a three-year programme to make Sussex Police's website meet requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act is now well under way. ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability discrimination act

Visual prejudice that leaves a blemish on the workplace
In the UK, people with severe disfigurements enjoy the same legal protection under the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act as workers with disabilities that limit them physically. But Ms Wheatley says that disability awareness programmes ...
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre - http://www.business-humanrights.org

Social networking creates waste and exclusion
By Mark Samuels
Such an oversight is not only unethical, it is also in contravention of the Disability Discrimination Act (1999). Moonan continues:. "Many of the barriers to accessibility we encountered could be easily remedied and it was shocking how ...
The Knowledge - http://knowledge.computing.co.uk/

Lift for Town Hall
Work to bring Colchester Town Hall in line with the Disability Discrimination Act is one step nearer to being completed with plans for installation of a new lift ready to start. The Cabinet are set to hear at their meeting on Wednesday ...
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