01/07/2008

DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

The Equality Bill - what it could mean for you
By Chuka
The new Equality Duty: There are three existing equality duties to promote equality and reduce discrimination for race, gender and disability in the public sector. These duties will be replaced by a new, single Equality Duty on public ...
Chuka Umunna - Streatham Labour - http://www.streathamlabour.org.uk

DCS News Alert for: Disability discrimination act

More help needed for visually impaired
Manx Radio - Foxdale,UK
... 400 blind or visually-impaired people here - but the Island is years behind the UK in improving their rights - through the Disability Discrimination Act.
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Disability rights and mental health in the UK: recent developments ...
Adv Psychiatric Treat (subscription) - USA
The Disability Discrimination Act, passed by Parliament in 1995 and amended in 2001 and 2005, covers people in Britain with physical or mental impairments ...
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How does your workplace cope with disability?
TechRepublic - Louisville,KY,USA
Here in the UK this responsibility is enshrined in law, the Disability Discrimination Act requires that all workplaces and places to which the public has ...
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Access for all should not be about money
Essex Echo - Basildon,Essex,UK
The Disability Discrimination Act came into force in 1995 and aimed to improve equality and access to everything from employment and education, to buildings ...
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Critic slams equality bill proposal
HRZone.co.uk - Bristol,UK
The third factor, concluded Sale, is that this option for positive discrimination has been in place in the UK Disability Discrimination Act for years. ...
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Dad wins £32000 payout after being sacked while in hospital
GazetteLive - Middlesbrough,UK
An employment tribunal accepted that bi-polar disorder sufferer Russell Aylott's claims that he suffered disability discrimination and ultimately, ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability discrimination act

Looking for advice on finding an IT job
By RogueTrooper
Although the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 makes it illegal to discriminate unfairly, I am also aware of the extent of prejudiced beliefs held by employers. In a study by Mind, they found that only 40% of employers interviewed said ...
CertForums - http://www.certforums.co.uk/forums

'...add a parenting rights section to the Disability
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The right for a disabled person to parent a child without prejudice is not...
Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions - http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/list/open?sort=date