October/November 2015 (vol. 12/3)
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Expert Witness: Disability discrimination
A legal update
Summary:
The provisions of the Equality Act 2010 relating to disability continue to provide fertile soil for the legal profession. OH at Work legal expert Diana Kloss summarises several important, recent and current cases.
DECISIONS in several recent cases have provided further clarification on how the courts should interpret disability discrimination law – a number of other cases are still to be decided. Occupational health (OH) professionals should be aware of these decisions and how they impact on the law at work.
The definition of disability
UK law on disability discrimination at work now stems from the…
Diana Kloss is a barrister, former part-time employment judge, Acas arbitrator and author.
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Occupational Health at Work October/November 2015 (vol. 12/3) pp27-29