Disability ruling applied in landmark employment case

Mike if everyone thought like you we would have no need for landmark employment cases!!

Having been through a disability discrimination tribunal recently I can asure you it is not a pleasant experiance because you are somehow made to feel that it is you that is the guilty party and have done something wrong!

I dont know yet if justice has been served but what I do know is that the bigger the company the swankier the lawyer, money buys clever lawyers that twist things including "their" version of the law! We'll see but I think this decision is a one for common sense just as the recent House of Lords one was not!

I'll let you know my opinion on this after I get treated with 'unfair favour'. I have been disabled since birth and I am in my forties now and it hasn't happened yet...

"The correct approach is now to compare the way the disabled person has been treated to the way that a non-disabled person in the same situation would have been treated. "

This seems wise and common sense - and in fact to do otherwise is discriminatory - even if on the surface it looked like being more favourable to the disabled person. They need understanding and the same respect as others - patronising them with 'unfair favour' should be a thing of the past. Fair treatment of all must be the primary aim: equality can only be truly meaningful if we are comparing like with like - which is not always easy.