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11/03/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:25:00 +0000

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Police sick rate rising as officers stay inside
Lancashire Evening Post
John O'Reilly, chairman of the Lancashire Police Federation, said: "With the Disability Discrimination Act coming in, organisations are obliged to find ...
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It's cramping our stile, say angry Verwood residents
Bournemouth Echo
... said a kissing gate would uphold the access provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act. "My wife, Margaret, and I are both registered disabled. ...
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DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

The Barrister
Her son was disabled within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. She was not. His disability required that she take more time off and ...

10/03/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:53:00 +0000

DCS News Alert for: DDA

Health trust gets gold standard for disabled care
This Is Cheshire
... where organisations are with regards to disability, where they need to be and how to get there in line with the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). ...
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DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Office for Disability Issues - Roadmap 2025 - Secretary of State ...
The Disability Equality Duty came into force in 2006. It requires public authorities to pay due regard to disability issues when carrying out their ...

Legal challenges to council cuts in services - 25/02/2010 ...
Of particular relevance is the general disability equality duty. Contained in section 49A of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, this requires public ...

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Anguish at plan to cut services for Fife needy
Scotland Courier
"I intend to challenge this bizarre decision as I think it is in breach of the Disability Discrimination Act given the very negative impact it will have on ...
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Police officer with voice condition 'bullied out by witch hunt'
Independent
Catherine Gilbert is suing Kent Police under the Disability Discrimination Act as she claims her bosses failed to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate ...
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Beware public law arguments in anti-social behaviour possession proceedings
Shoosmiths legal updates
It was accepted by all parties that he was a 'disabled person' within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. The incident which led to Mr ...
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Confidence building
Reading Chronicle
It is pointed out that dyslexia is covered by the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and further discussion of the matter offered if required. ...
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Sick Note Faces The Sack - Traditional Absence Forms To Be Revolutionised In ...
Beattie Group (press release)
In instances where the employee has a disability under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, has an employer complied with its duty to make reasonable ...
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DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

YouTube - Avoiding disability discrimination in transport - Part 3 ...
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) aims to eliminate discrimination against ... Failures With The Disability Discrimination Act Added to. Quicklist5:28 ...

08/03/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:57:00 +0000

DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

National Offender Management Service Found in Breach of Race and ...
By Susan Reddy
... were transferred without due consideration of the effect such moves would have on disabled or ethnic minority prisoners, contrary to s.71 of the race Relations Act 1976 and to section 49A of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005. ...
Scottish Human Rights Law Group - http://www.shrlg.org.uk/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

YouTube - Disability and access part 1 BSL
(This relates to the UK Disability Discrimination Act 1995). Category: Nonprofits & Activism .... Failures With The Disability Discrimination Act. 296 views ...

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

SCRC - Annual Disability Equality Report 2009
The Public Sector Equality Duty on Disability requires us to publish an annual report containing a summary of the steps taken under our Equality & Diversity ...

09/03/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:55:00 +0000

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Green shoots of modernisation at Hepscott training unit
Morpeth Herald
Currently the site is not compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act and has poor facilities, while two greenhouses had to be demolished. ...
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Employers urged to make best use of new 'fit note' regime
Bytestart
Employers are not forced to comply with the GPs recommendations, but must not flout the disability discrimination act. For instance, if the employee is ...
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DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

EHRC - Disability rights publications page 3
This employment leaflet discusses the rights of disabled people under the Disability Discrimination Act and how this can protect disabled workers from ...

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Pharmacy notification letter
In addition, since December 2006, all public authorities have been subject to the Disability Equality Duty. "Public authority" can include: GP Services, ...

07/03/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:39:00 +0000

DCS Web Alert for: DDA

Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) Part IV
Slide 1 Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) Part IV Paul Brown Director Scottish Disability Team p.d.brown@dundee.ac.uk DRC Post-16 Code of Practice ...

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Disabled campaigner lambasts new Marlow Post Office
This is Local London
Marlow resident Ms Lewis, who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis, said it goes against regulations set out in The Disability Discrimination Act. Chairman of ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Employment Advice to Help Combat Increasing Redundancies in 2009 ...
By admin
The 2005 Disability Discrimination Act is enacted to end all discrimination against disabled people. It is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against disabled people in recruitment and their everyday employment. ...
Dating.Businessvn.Net - Dating... - http://dating.businessvn.net/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Government initiatives
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) established a duty on employers to make reasonable adjustments in the workplace to ensure people with a ...

06/03/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:37:00 +0000

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

BBC - Ouch! (disability) - Messageboard Ouch! Talk - Moderation ...
The Disability Equality Duty applies to most public authorities in respect of all of their functions. However, in the case of the BBC, it only applies "in ...

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Hot Employment Law Topics For 2010
Fresh Business Thinking
Stress, and its effects (such as depression), can constitute a disability under the Disability Discrimination Act. This Act gives employees with a ...
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YouTube adds captions for all videos to improve accessibility
Out-Law.com
"The Disability Discrimination Act generally expects businesses that put videos online to make them accessible to people with hearing impairments. ...
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You're stuck with old trains
The Star
The Transport Secretary said the trains would need a major and costly refit by 2020 to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act.
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Short Fiction - health problems in a nutshell by mark68
By webmaster@short-fiction.co.uk (Kristian Brown)
Since 2002 the disability discrimination act has included mental illness and to be refused work or study purely because of an illness regardless of diagnosis is now unlawful. I had always felt my greatest affliction was the stigma of ...
Short-Fiction.co.uk Latest Stories - http://short-fiction.co.uk/?q=http://www.evilaliv3.org/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

History Of Disability Discrimination Free Research Papers 41 - 60
Primary And Secondary Socialisation: racial groups under the Act. Disability Equality Policy Statement The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 2005 protects ...

05/03/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:51:00 +0000

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Search Results - London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
... deap powerpoint-3 35% to be removed The Disability Discrimination Act and the Disability Equality Duty Local Public Service Agreement targets What is ...

DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

ORGANIZED RAGE: Private sector companies involved in Pathways to ...
By Mick Hall
In fact, regardless of whether they are crude and subjective, these systems are almost certainly a breach of the Disability Discrimination Act, which makes it unlawful to treat people less favourably on the grounds of their disability. ...
ORGANIZED RAGE - http://www.organizedrage.com/

Nanny Knows Best: Lawyers Cancel School Trip II
By Ken
I have requested details (under Freedom of Information rules) of which clause in the Disability Discrimination Act was not complied with or which section of the Council's "Trip Planning Guide" was not followed. ...
Nanny Knows Best - http://nannyknowsbest.blogspot.com/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

DDA in Practice
The Disability Discrimination Act in practice Wai-Mei Chan Access and Sustainability AdviserThe Centre for Accessible Environmentsestablished 30 years ...

04/03/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:12:00 +0000

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Rethink: Fear of stigma stops employees with mental health problems from ...
Politics.co.uk
These give advice about individuals' rights at work and list examples of reasonable adjustments available under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. ...
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Leeds to London intercity: £7.5bn trains may be shelved
Yorkshire Evening Post
... however, make it clear that the trains would need a major and costly refit by 2020 to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act. The Conservatives ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Puresh Power: Assisted Suicide - New Guidelines
By Danny Puresh
Danny Puresh: Danny is a disability equality consultant specializing in access issues, independent living (particularly through direct payments), and general Disability Equality and the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995. ...
Puresh Power - http://pureshpower.blogspot.com/

Disabled Aids in Shopping Centres | 24/7 Online shopping
By admin
Disabled facilities in shopping centres in the UK have improved significantly and with the introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act.
24/7 Online shopping - http://buy247.co.cc/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

YouTube - Vlog 11.12,09. disability discrimination research continued
Am I covered by the Disability Discrimination Act? BSL Added to. Quicklist2:20 · Am I covered by the Disability Discrimination A... 212 views ...

02/03/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:11:00 +0000

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Disability - The British Medical Association
Under the general disability equality duty, NHS organisations in their roles both as employers and service providers are required to: ...

Equality Schemes | CSSD New Site
Disability Equality Scheme. Central's Disability Equality Scheme was drawn up in line with the new Disability Equality Duty. Disability Equality Scheme ...

01/03/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:54:00 +0000

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Newport City Council - Equalities - Law
The Equality Act 2005 introduced a Disability Equality Duty (DED) for public bodies to promote disability equality. For details of how we plan to meet the ...

Foreward by Chief Executive
requirements of the disability equality duty by promoting equality for .... Central to the specific duty is the creation of this Disability Equality ...

28/02/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:15:00 +0000

DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

The Tories' inept behaviour is in danger of causing cardiac arrest ...
By Martin Salter
In her haste to help out the Conservative Party, Mrs Pratt not only breached her duty of confidentiality but has failed to stand up any of her claims. She began by disclosing that her organisation had received "three or four" calls from staff at Downing Street, then changed her mind .... The quango was established in 2006 through a merger of three previous bodies: the Commission for Racial Equality, the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Disability Rights Commission. ...
News - http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

addendum disability equality Feb 2010 _2_
remedial measures are implemented where required to ensure we meet our Disability Equality Duty in respect of people with a learning disability.

DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Is the Issue of Mental Health Driving Employers Mad? « Health ...
By admin
Of particular interest to employers is the fact that severe mental illness amounts to a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. This Act makes it illegal to discriminate against people with a disability and ...
Health Articles Library - http://healtharticleslibrary.com/

27/02/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:14:00 +0000

DCS News Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Court verdicts on care home closures, care package cuts and ...
Communitycare.co.uk
Of particular relevance is the general disability equality duty. Contained in section 49A of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, this requires public ...

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Get a plan
In 2005, the Disability Equality Duty legislation was passed which required public bodies to not only create action plans but to go further – auditing where ...

Involvement - Office for Disability Issues
Involving disabled people in the development and delivery of effective communication strategies is a major part of the Disability Equality Duty. ...

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (Commencement No. 4) Order ...
This Order is the fourth Commencement Order to be made in relation to the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 ("the Act"). The Act extensively amends the ...

Discrimination self-help pack
The pack contains: · A Disability Discrimination Act Question & Answer sheet ... The Disability Discrimination Act Introduction The Disability ...

FRA - Information Portal
Main reasoning/argumentation:The Court held that the bank had breached the Disability Discrimination Act by not providing physical access to wheelchair ...

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

EHRC - Disability equality
... Your rights - disability in education · Your rights - access to services · Your rights to public services - About the Disability Equality Duty
...

Losing Patients Notification letter
I make this request in reference to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and Disability Equality Duty 2006. More details overleaf. ...

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Great expectations? The Autism Act meets hopes, misconceptions and realities
Public Service
They are becoming more aware of their access rights under the Disability Discrimination Act and Human Rights Act. This new legislation will clarify the ...
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DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Disability definitions - Office for Disability Issues
The Disability Discrimination Act definition. The most commonly used definition of the term 'disabled person' is that used to define people considered ...

22/02/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:54:00 +0000

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Takeaway owner's apology to blind woman
Great Yarmouth Mercury
... she contacted Master Chef through the Guide Dogs organisation to ask if its owner was aware of the Disability Discrimination Act and its rules on guide ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Lilian Greenwood for Nottingham South
By Lilian Greenwood
The Disability Discrimination Act has made a real difference but we still need to educate employers and service-providers about their duties and, on occasion, to use the law to assist disabled people to enforce their rights. ...
Lilian Greenwood for Nottingham South - http://liliangreenwood.blogspot.com/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Business The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 and Platform Lifts ...
Articles from CHRIS FENSOME - One of the most important, yet understated parliament acts that have been implemented by parliament in the past five years is ...

DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Political Correctness Gone Mad! at in Company Training services
By DarrenN
It also extends the public sector duty to promote equality (which currently covers only race, gender and disability) to cover gender reassignment (among other protected characteristics). Most importantly the concept of indirect ...
in Company Training services - http://www.incotraining.co.uk/blog/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Government Technology - Computing for a diverse workforce
More recently, since 2006, the Disability Equality Duty (DED) has been framed specifically to cover public sector organisations including hospitals, ...

Call for Evidence Scottish Requirements for Social Work Training ...
Additionally, the Disability Equality Duty, introduced as part of the Disability Discrimination Act, requires public bodies such as ...

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the DDO duties
In Great Britain, the Disability Equality Duty (DED)5 was introduced in 2005 under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (as amended by the Disability ...

26/02/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:32:00 +0000

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Disability row over Reading School admission
Reading Post
His father argued it amounted to disability as defined in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. The Local Government Ombudsman noted in the report the ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Council leads by example - Welsh Icons News
By admin
The Council wants to ensure people are treated fairly and according to their needs and not their age, disability, gender, race, religion, beliefs, sexual orientation or language preference. Cllr Mary Jones, Swansea Council Cabinet Member for ... For example the draft Equality Policy statement puts a duty on staff and Councillors to ensure no one is unfairly discriminated against when applying for a job or during their employment. It also puts a duty on the Council to ...
Welsh Icons News - http://www.welshicons.org.uk/news/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Disability Equality Scheme Action Plan 2008
As reported in 2007, the new disability equality duty on schools requires them to produce a Disability Equality Scheme and to monitor progress of disabled ...

24/02/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:12:00 +0000

DCS Blogs Alert for: DDA

Property Recruitment - Jobs from RJN International - Property Jobs ...
On the face of it, the DDA only applies if the employee themselves are a "disabled person". The issue before the ECJ is whether the DDA should be given a wider interpretation so as to prohibit discrimination of an able bodied employee ...
Property Recruitment - Jobs from... - http://propertyrecruitmentjobsite.com/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Making Real Change Happen Getting Disability Equality Schemes Right
Focus on the general duty In developing your scheme, you should focus on your responsibilities under the general disability equality duty.9 The 7 Sclater, ...

S4C'S DISABILITY EQUALITY SCHEME January 2010
Rights of Access Goods, Facilities, Services and Premises issued by the Disability Rights. Commission. 1.5.3. In relation to the disability equality
duty
...

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Trip row girl taken out of school
BBC News
... because they said it was in danger of breaching the Disability Discrimination Act by failing to consider the needs of a severely disabled child. ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

The Lowry hotel shortlisted for VisitEngland "best large hotel ...
By Kat Barns
They will also have had to have invested in staff training and development and made provision for disabled guests in line with the new Disability Discrimination Act. General Manager of The Lowry Hotel, Peter Kienast, comments: ...
Hospitality - http://www.my-hospitality.com/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

The Disability Discrimination Act - what the law says | Flexible ...
An overview on the laws around employing disabled people.

23/02/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:01:00 +0000

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

To: Licensing Board On: 19 June 2009 Report by Clerk to the ...
When the Board's draft Disability Scheme was being developed not only did the essential elements of the disability equality duty have to be incorporated ...

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Deaf People and the Disability Discrimination Act | Deafworks
Deaf people have been considered as disabled under the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act since 1995, and subsequently by the extended 2005 DDA ...

21/02/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:15:00 +0000

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

EHRC - Draft Terms of Reference
Although public authorities have a responsibility under the Disability Equality
Duty to have due regard to eliminating disability related harassment, ...

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Work starts on Woolworths
Ilkley Gazette
Ilkley Parish Council's plans committee has recommended that Bradford approve the plans, but asked that Disability Discrimination Act compliance is ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Employment Law – How to Make it Work for You in a Recession ...
By admin
If a disabled person was to take legal action against their employer then they would do so upon the basis of the Disability Discrimination Acts of 1995 and 2005, for example. Another illustration of this would be the 1976 Race Relations Act , which makes it unlawful for your employer to discriminate against you on the grounds of your colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins. Harassment on the grounds of sex, including sexual harassment, is considered to be direct ...
Courtpio - http://www.courtpio.org/

20/02/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:49:00 +0000

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

MP Dialogue
public sector equality duty. The Disability Equality Duty will be replaced by a single public sector equality duty. This means that the 'Specific ...

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Legal warning school trip changed
BBC News
Highland Council's education chiefs had said the trip to Craggan was in danger of breaching the Disability Discrimination Act by failing to consider the ...
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High Street changes will be 'fully transparent' says leader
Andover Advertiser
... bays closest to the Time Ring – however the Disability Discrimination Act means the council will need to identify acceptable alternative provision, ...
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Anger over charges for blue badge parking system
Dumfries and Galloway Standard
"We believe this breaches the Disability Discrimination Act and if need be we will consider taking legal action in the issue. "Under that Act it is illegal ...
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DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Nicola Roe, Business Defence Solicitors - , business advice or ...
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) helps to ensure that employees with a disability are treated equally to everyone else in, both in the recruitment ...

19/02/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:31:00 +0000

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Minutes of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Disability
The Disability Equality Duty (DED) and its disability equality scheme (DES) are not just about having a procedure. Evidence is beginning to show that it ...

BBC - Ouch! (disability) - Messageboard Dancing On Wheels - So ...
Making matters worse, the BBC, as a public service broadcaster, is legally subject to something called the Disability Equality Duty. ...

The Legal Services Board's Draft Equality Scheme: Consultation on ...
Subject: Legal profession, Employment. Keywords: Disability equality duty; Equal opportunities; Gender equality duty; Legal services; Race equality duty ...

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Brierfield Town Hall to close?
Burnley Express
... revealed fewer people are using the rates office there and it does not comply with suitable access under Disability Discrimination Act legislation. ...
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DISABILITY CHARITY WELCOMES FLEXIBLE WORKING REPORT
Community Newswire
... not just disabled people who may require their employers to make adjustments for them under the Disability Discrimination Act. The report found that ...
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Charter 284 Education: The economic case for investing in schools
Building.co.uk
"Most of these buildings just don't comply with today's standards," says Finch, referring to the Disability Discrimination Act. At present, more than £6bn a ...
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DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Disability Discrimination in Further and Higher Education
The following anti-disability discrimination duties in Part 4 of the Disability. Discrimination Act 1995 have now been introduced: • Since 1 September 2002, ...

18/02/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:30:00 +0000

DCS News Alert for: DDA

Disabled Travellers to Get Better Deal
Holiday hypermarket
The branches also comply with the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) which was introduced to ensure that disabled people are able to access public spaces. ...
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DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Moor Nook Community Primary School
Appendix Four: The disability equality duty and the governing body. Questions the governing body may want to ask itself as the 'responsible body' for the ...

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Games, Disability and Anti-Discrimination Laws
Gamer/Law (blog)
The UK analogy to the Americans with Disabilities Act (called the Disability Discrimination Act 1995) law, for example, does not have the same express US ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Carisma: Routemaster and Bendy Bus
By Carisma
Those modern buses can carry more passengers, and their low floor conforms to the Disability Discrimination Act. Their multiple doors allow fast loading of passengers. But, despite all those advantages, londoners don't like the new ...
Carisma - http://car-is-ma.blogspot.com/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

UK: Commission warns Government about body scanners in airports
... the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 or the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. The Commission is a statutory body established under the Equality Act 2006, ...

Legal update - EFD members - Employers' Forum on Disability
A new case X v Mid Sussex CAB confirms that volunteers are not protected by the Disability Discrimination Act or the EU Framework Directive. ...

17/02/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:19:00 +0000

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Co-operative Travel rolls out custom holidays for the disabled
Co-Operative News
The business has also ensured the specialist network of branches is beyond Disability Discrimination Act compliant, with clear access, power-assisted doors, ...
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Rail station bosses pledge improvement
Lancashire Evening Post
It describes the subway as "narrow and dreary, suffers from damp and it is assumed the ramps would not meet current Disability Discrimination Act standards. ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

TalkingBloodGlucose: Diabetes and the Seven Dwarves Day 1: Grumpy.
By Samantha
And as such, us Diabetics are covered under a brilliant thing called the Disability Discrimination Act. I have no idea why we are classed as 'disabled', but there we go. We are covered. And so, employers cannot legally sack/fire/get rid ...
TalkingBloodGlucose - http://www.talkingbloodglucose.com/

Dog-owner wants eviction overturned - Asian Leader
ded her with her flat in Waterlooville is contravening the Disability Discrimination Act with the dog prohibition clause in her tenancy agreement. He said a doctor treating Ms Thomas-Ashley had given evidence that not only is the dog ...
Asian Leader - Latest South East News - http://www.asianleader.co.uk/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=10967

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Macular Community Forum • View topic - Disability Discrimination Act
Disability Discrimination Act. Post your questions for the MDS Helpline team here. This section is checked frequently Mon to Fri between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 ...

Horsham DC: Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) - Updated February ...
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) places a legal duty on all those who provide services to the public to make reasonable adjustments to the physical ...

16/02/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:39:00 +0000

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Access issues at newly refurbished Redditch Library
Redditch Advertiser
One of the reasons for refurbishing the library was to remove the ramp as it was too steep to comply with DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) regulations. ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Indigo Jo Blogs — Gilderdale, Schiavo and models of disability
By Indigo Jo
Sadly, but, unsurprisingly, we're seeing a split here between people focussed on their impairments / own navels and people focussed on activism / social model / the world and how we form a part of it or not and equality. .... The "social model" of disability she is referring to essentially stipulates that a person with a physical disability is unable to participate in society because society puts barriers in their way which it has the duty to remove as much as possible, ...
Indigo Jo Blogs - http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/

14/02/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:07:00 +0000

DCS Blogs Alert for: DDA

british disability discrimination act | Heroes-Talk
By admin
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) has been law since 1995. It is far-reaching and covers employment, education, training, the provision of goods and services, property, equipment and facilities. A large number of organisations ...
Heroes-Talk - http://www.heroes-talk.com/

13/02/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Robinson) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:23:00 +0000

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Disability Equality Scheme
The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (DDA) amended the 1995 legislation. It introduced the duty to promote disability equality. This duty contains two ...

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Simple solution to cobbles
Andover Advertiser
If not why can there not be reasonable adjustments made to accommodate people with disabilities (Disability Discrimination Act). Or is TVBC exempt from this ...
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DCS Blogs Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Whose Crime? What Harm? Whose Law? What Order?: OAP hoodies ...
By John Moore
The Department of Health is developing a health policy for older prisoners and the Disability Discrimination act (2005) now applies to prison. Posted by John Moore at 21:47. Labels: Dodgy Statistics, elderly prisoners, Lancashire, ...
Whose Crime? What Harm? Whose... - http://whose-law.blogspot.com/

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Is stress covered by the disability discrimination act? - Yahoo ...
Stress related illness is. There are precedents in the courts where people have won compensation from their employers where the employer was guilty of creating the ...

LEGISLATION: Breaking the barriers.(Disability Discrimination Act
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12/02/2010

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DCS News Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Haringey Phoenix Group to lobby North Middlesex University Hospital
Haringey Independent
Since December 2006 all public authorities, including GP services and Hospital trusts, have been subject to the Disability Equality Duty. ...

Councillors back our blue badge bid
Epsom Guardian
According to the chairman of the group, Geoff Jelly, Epsom and Ewell Council has failed to meet its disability equality duty under the DDA 2006, ...

DCS Web Alert for: Disability Equality Duty

Disability equality duty review - South West Yorkshire Partnership ...
Disability equality duty review. The Equality & Human Rights Commission recently informed all public sector organisations to formally review their ...

Disability Equality Scheme
The DDA was updated in 2006 to include a new Disability Equality Duty which .... The Disability Equality Duty which was introduced on 4 December 2006 meant ...

Notes of the ninth meeting of the Working Party for the Disability
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awareness of their duties under the Disability Equality duty has had a devastating effect on numerous postgraduate students with a disability, ...

DCS News Alert for: Disability Discrimination Act

Interview: Mark Harper, Conservative disability spokesperson
Communitycare.co.uk
He points out that the previous Tory government introduced the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and says that the position he now occupies has ...
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Campaign group to lobby hospital over access for blind
Haringey Independent
Providing information in an accessible format is legally required under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Since December 2006 all public authorities, ...
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