“The Government today published a consultation document including proposals for a Single Equality Bill, to simplify and improve existing legislation and make common-sense proposals to modernise discrimination law.”
Communities and Local Government press release, 12th June 2007
Source: www.communities.gov.uk
“Thousands of buy-to-let landlords will be have to build ramps and lifts for disabled tenants in their properties under the Government’s proposed new equality law.”
The Times, 12th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Limit to sick pay is lawful
O’Hanlon v. Revenue and Customs Commissioners
Court of Appeal
“A sick pay policy that did not provide unlimited full pay for a disabled employee who had lengthy absences from work was not discriminatory under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.”
The Times, 20th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Limit to school’s special needs duty
“A school was not discriminating against an incontinent paraplegic pupil in the provision of education or associated services when it refused to clean and change him following a bowel accident.”
The Times, 11th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“The Disability Rights Commission has threatened 65 public organisations including fire services, councils, colleges and probation boards with legal action after accusing them of failing to comply with new disability laws. ”
The Times, 4th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
O’Hanlon v. Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2007] EWCA (Civ) 283
“An employer’s sick pay policy prohibiting unlimited full pay for a disabled employee having lengthy absences from work due to her disability did not entitle her to bring a claim for discrimination under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.”
WLR Daily, 2nd April 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
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