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Disability discrimination ruling overturned
A woman who won an employment tribunal case against her employer has had her claim dismissed following an appeal. Kerry-Ann Cumming worked as an Operations Coordinator for Lothian and Borders…
Patients at risk of missing healthcare plan deadline
According to an article in the Times Online, millions of patients with long-term illness have not arranged a care plan with their doctors, campaigners say. The Government has promised to…
Resources for schools to combat bullying of disabled children
The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) has released a DVD for pupils and a resource pack for schools to help them prevent and tackle bullying of disabled children.…
Government sanctions 2,000 new council homes
The go-ahead for 2,000 new council homes to be built across England has been given the all clear by Ministers. The project will cover 47 areas and has been called…
Carers missing out on benefits and flexible working
The Public Accounts Committee claims that carers are missing out on their benefit entitlement, this is because due to unnecessarily complicated application rules. An estimated £23 billion is the value…
An employer’s looks policy leads to a £9,000 payout
A student has won a £9,000 payout from Abercrombie & Fitch. This is as a result of unlawful harassment by the company who failed to comply with employment law. Miss…
High Court and Accessible Taxis
A case supported by the Equality & Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has seen the High Court overturn a decision by Liverpool City Council not to grant a licence to a…
Marks & Spencer commit to Changing Faces campaign
Marks and Spencer has become the first retailer to sign up to the Face Equality at Work campaign run by Changing Faces. Research by the charity has revealed that many…
NRAC Autumn Conference
The National Register of Access Consultants is holding a conference in Birmingham on the b 15th October 2009. The venue is Maple House 150 Corporation Street Birmingham B4 6TB Tel:…
Disability Definitions
Different government departmens of disability, this resunts use different definitiolts in differing statistics on the number of disabled people and misses out certain groups of people who may have rights…
