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HIV discrimination in the workplace still rife
An Ipsos MORI poll, commissioned by the National AIDS Trust, has revealed that one in three people do not realise that workplace HIV discrimination is illegal, and despite growing numbers of people infected with HIV, people are less aware of how HIV is transmitted than they were five years ago. Only 65% of the 2,048 adults questioned were aware that it was against the law to discriminate against someone with HIV at work, con...
News | 7 Apr 2006
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The year of living dangerously
... to know about in 2006. For information call 0870 777 8881 quoting ref 1989. December 2005 5th New disability rights will come into force from December this year, which will, among other things, extend the Disability Discrimination Act to cover, effectively from the point of diagnosis, people with HIV infection, cancer or multiple sclerosis; and end the requirement that a mental illness must be `clinically well-recognised' before it can be regarded as an impairment under the DDA 1995. April 2006 6th The changes to Parts F and L (ventilation and fuel conservation) of the Building Regulations fro...
Magazine issue | 1 Dec 2005
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HIV-positive employees still face barriers in recruitment
Since the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) was passed in 2005, employees living with HIV have been protected from discrimination in the workplace from the moment of diagnosis. Two years on, many employers and people living with HIV are still uncertain of what this change in legislation means. Many employers in the UK are unaware that people living with HIV are now covered by the DD...
News | 21 Mar 2007
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Under a surgeon's care - disability discrimination?
...Discrimination Act 1995 tries to apply the social, rather than medical, model of disability. This means that it is people who have disabilities, it is not medical diagnoses that are disabilities. Because some medical diagnoses can lead to discrimination, the DDA does specify three conditions (MS, HIV and cancer) as disabilities, but otherwise the diagnosis is largely irrelevant. The amendment to the DDA in 2005 removed the requirement for a specific diagnosis for mental health problems, so in effect there is no requirement for an individual to have any identifiable underlying problem to be...
Comment | 22 Jan 2009
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The sex issue
workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace MAY 2006 ISSUE 17 Sex discrimination Sexual orientation discrimination HIV/AIDS discrimination Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 interactive business and professional Highly commended: AOP Online Publisher of the Year 2005 - business IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT workplacelaw 2 CONTENTS Legal calendar 06 Lette...
Magazine issue | 1 May 2006
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HIV/Aids/Hepatitis
I am aware that there is no duty to report (on the individual's part) if they have a blood borne disease. However, if an individual volunteers the information, is there a duty to disclose to others? Personally, I think not (obviously unless necessary to protect others health and safety). I have consider...
Comment | 3 Apr 2006
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Religious beliefs: should employers cater for all faiths?
...portant developments including dispute resolution, data protection, Working Time, TUPE Regulations and pensions. `Importantly, the publication details the implications for employers of the Disability Discrimination Bill, which will provide protection for more people diagnosed with the conditions of HIV, MS and cancer, and remove the requirement that mental illnesses must be clinically well recognised,' adds Green. `It also informs readers about the importance of changes to age discrimination. Although this will not be implemented until 2006, there are big changes ahead and so HR need to start pre...
Magazine issue | 1 May 2005
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10 years on from the DDA – past, present and future
...ire public sector will have a duty to promote the equalisation of opportunities for disabled people. The 2005 Act also changed the law to bring in larger private clubs, which had been exempt, and housing. From 5 December 2005, the definition of disability will also change - to include people with HIV, cancer and MS from the point of diagnosis and to remove a key barrier to justice: that people with mental impairments must prove not just the impact of their condition (as those with a physical impairment must) but that it is "clinically well-recognised". Transport was originally exempt from the...
News | 23 Nov 2005
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The burning issue
...have a duty under the new legislation to notify members of their rights, and to facilitate their chosen option. December 2005 5th Provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 coming into force this December will: extend the DDA to cover, effectively from the point of diagnosis, people with HIV infection, cancer or multiple scelrosis; end the requirement that a mental illness must be 'clinically wellrecognised' before it can be regarded as an impairment under the DDA 1995; make third party publishers (e.g. newspapers) liable for publishing discriminatory advertisements; amend the way that...
Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2005
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Disability access: is it becoming clear yet?
...t of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. December 5th New disability rights will come into force from December this year. Provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 coming into force this December will: Extend the DDA to cover, effectively from the point of diagnosis, people with HIV infection, cancer or multiple scelrosis; end the requirement that a mental illness must be 'clinically well-recognised' before it can be regarded as an impairment under the DDA 1995; make third party publishers (e.g. newspapers) liable for publishing discriminatory advertisements; amend the way tha...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005
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Business as usual? London bomb blasts
...t of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. December 5th New disability rights will come into force from December this year. Provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 coming into force this December will: Extend the DDA to cover, effectively from the point of diagnosis, people with HIV infection, cancer or multiple scelrosis; end the requirement that a mental illness must be 'clinically well-recognised' before it can be regarded as an impairment under the DDA 1995; make third party publishers (e.g. newspapers) liable for publishing discriminatory advertisements; amend the way tha...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005
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2005: getting to grips with the legal year ahead
...ected to bring 175,000 more people within the scope of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA). The Bill, which was announced in the Queen's Speech on 23 November, proposed amending the DDA to include (among other things): protection for more people diagnosed with the progressive conditions of HIV, MS and cancer; a power to apply the DDA duties on other service providers to transport, set an end date by which all rail vehicles will have to comply with accessibility regulations and apply those regulations to vehicles which are being refurbished; provisions enabling disabled people to get reas...
Magazine issue | 15 Dec 2004
