26/07/2008

DCS News Alert for: Disability discrimination act

Indirect disability discrimination ruling has major implications ...
PersonnelToday.com - UK
For the decision to apply to private sector workers, current disability legislation (the Disability Discrimination Act 1995) needs to be reinterpreted by ...
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Disability claims: London Borough of Lewisham v Malcolm
PersonnelToday.com - UK
However, employers will still need to comply with the duty to make reasonable adjustments under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) before deciding to ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability discrimination act

DWP loses disability discrimination case
By harpymarx
Under the DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) it requires service providers to make, "'reasonable adjustments" to their services so as to provide as close a service as possible to that provided to other members of the public. ...
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Disability Discrimination Act can extend to carers, rules ECJ ...
By sally
"The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said that disability discrimination laws can apply to the carers of disabled people as well as the disabled themselves. It has backed the claim of a woman who sued a London law firm in a ...
Current Awareness - http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com

Caring for carers requires flexibility at work
By Susie(Susie)
Ms Coleman faced difficulties due to the wording of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA), which says a person can only make a claim if they have been treated in a discriminatory manner because of their own disability. ...
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