Disability Rights Commission bill
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The pending Disability Rights Commission bill sets up functions for such an agency similar to those of the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Commission for Racial Equality, and much of the bill relates to employment. The agency's general duties would be to work towards the elimination of discrimination against the handicapped, to promote equal opportunities for handicapped people, and to keep reviewing the workings of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and of the bill when it becomes law.
Publication Name: Industrial Relations Law Bulletin
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0969-3637
Year: 1999
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Schizophrenia sufferer was disabled person under DDA
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The British Employment Appeals Tribunal ruled in Goodwin v. The Patent Office that a schizophrenic whose illness caused difficulties concentrating and communicating was disabled within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act. An employment tribunal wrongly held that he did not meet the act's definition of "disability" because he could cope with the practicalities of living alone.
Publication Name: Industrial Relations Law Bulletin
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0969-3637
Year: 1999
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Subsequent losses need not be foreseen
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The Court of Session ruled in Leonard v. Strathclyde Buses that common law concepts such as foreseeability and causation should not be considered in determining an employee's loss for unfair dismissal. Courts should instead apply the statutory test as a whole and decide what is equitable given the loss attributable to the employer.
Publication Name: Industrial Relations Law Bulletin
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0969-3637
Year: 1998
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