21/11/2008

DCS News Alert for: Disability discrimination act

Going up in the world Northern Echo - Darlington,England,UK "The introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act in 2004, which established a legal requirement to make newly-built or refurbished buildings fully ... See all stories on this topic

Baroness Hale: new equality laws will not close gender gap Times Online - UK At the same time, ten per cent of race discrimination claims were successful and 17 per cent of disability claims. But the success rate was set to be ... See all stories on this topic

DCS News Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Vulnerable people with learning difficulties who commit crime can ... guardian.co.uk - UK It comes as a shock that our well-regulated criminal justice system is running in breach of disability equality legislation. Yet a new Prison Reform Trust ... See all stories on this topic

DCS News Alert for: Disability discrimination act

School 'failed' disabled boy Manchester Online - Manchester,UK The tribunal ordered all staff to retrain with respect to the Disability Discrimination Act and a review of the school's Disability Discrimination Policy ... See all stories on this topic

A new leaf: Why businesses need to invest in disabled employees Independent - London,England,UK The Disability Discrimination Act – introduced in 1995 and extended in 2005 – places a duty on employers to make "reasonable adjustments". ... See all stories on this topic

DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability discrimination act

Justification By Emma Justification can be a defence to disability related discrimination. Under s 3A(1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995:. " A person discriminates against a disabled person if -. (a) for a reason which relates to the disabled ... PJH Law - Employment Law Blog - http://www.pjhlaw.co.uk/blog/

Bog Off! Exhibits 6 & 7, The Don't fall Edition By BenefitScroungingScum(BenefitScroungingScum) Like most of the loos featured in Bog Off! these examples seem to conform to the size requirements, and probably all claim to be DDA compliant (Disability Discrimination Act) The problem being that once there's been a bin placed on the ... Benefit Scrounging Scum - http://benefitscroungingscum.blogspot.com/

Epicentre's why, what and how of testing By erickan As a public product or service provider you are legally obligated under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) to make any reasonable adjustment to ensure that all users, including those with disabilities or special needs, ... Epic Thinking – innovation... - http://blog.epic.co.uk/

Guide Dog Etiquette By 3dogs Further disability articles by this author can be seen at www.access-auditing.com/articles.htm and www.articlesfactory.com/author/Robin%20Kettle.html. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Robin is a Disability Discrimination Act Access Auditor in the UK. ... Dog Supply Search » Guide Dog... - http://dogsupplysearch.com/