Disability discrimination

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• Type:

  Tasks

  Make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process in relation to a disabled job applicant

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  Tasks

  Establish the basis on which assistance dogs can be brought into the workplace

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  David Malamatenios is a partner and Colin Makin, Sandra Martins, Melissa Powys- Rodrigues and Linda Quinn are associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Victoria Bell is a managing associate and Chris McAvoy, Poppy Fildes, Rosie Kight and Helen Samuel are associate solicitors at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.

• Date:

  18 December 2012

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Supreme Court confirms volunteer not covered by disability discrimination law

  The Supreme Court has upheld the Court of Appeal decision that an unpaid volunteer with no contract was not protected by the (now repealed) Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and that the Equal Treatment Framework Directive (2000/78/EC) does not cover voluntary activity. 

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Georgina Kyriacou and David Malamentenios are partners and Melissa Powys-Rogrigues, Sandra Martins, Colin Makin and Krishna Santra are associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Georgina Kyriacou and David Malamentenios are partners and Sandra Martins, Colin Makin and Krishna Santra are associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

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  Employment law cases

  Employee discriminated against because of his wife's disability

  As this case demonstrates, it is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an employee by treating him or her less favourably than others because of someone else's disability. 

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  Employment law cases

  Disability discrimination: BA fails to make reasonable adjustments within a reasonable timescale

  In this case, the employment tribunal found that British Airways plc's (BA's) failure to transfer one of its cabin crew, whose disability meant he could no longer undertake long-haul flying duties, to short-haul flights within a reasonable timescale amounted to a failure to make reasonable adjustments.

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  Employment law cases

  Disability: tribunal recommends that retailer Iceland train HR staff and senior management in mental health issues

  This is a rare example, along with Stone v Ramsay Health Care UK Operations Ltd ET/1400762/11, of an employment tribunal making wide-ranging recommendations to an employer, in this case asking it to provide equal opportunities training for sections of its HR function and senior management.