Disability Equality Duty shirkers given formal warning

Following a warning in April, when the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) published the names of more than 60 public authorities that had failed to produce a disability equality scheme, the DRC has now announced that nine public bodies are at risk of ending up in court.

In April the DRC warned the 60 public authorities it named that if they did not produce a disability equality scheme, which has been required by law since December 2006 when the Disability Equality Duty came into force, the... (554 more words)

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