Disability Discrimination Act 2005 - new provisions

The scope of the law on disability discrimination at work has been widened by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, which received Royal Assent on 7 April and which is due to come into force later in the year.

Significant new provisions – regarded by campaigners as lacking from the preceding 1995 Act – relate to the protection of the mentally ill and those suffering from progressive illnesses.

Under the new Act, those who are HIV-positive or suffer from multiple sclerosis or... (242 more words)

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