Disability Discrimination

[mike323]

What are people's views on the current laws surrounding Disability discrimination in the workplace? Do you think they're adequate, or that some changes still need to be made?

It was a separate law until 2010, when it was brought together with all the other discrimination laws under one acts, the Equality Act 2010, which has applied in England and Wales since October of that year.

There are several things that employers need to know about the act, including what they are allowed to ask when recruiting staff, what "reasonable adjustments" they are required to make, and what types of disability discrimination exist, and what constitutes each one (source: http://blog.rmandco.co.uk/blog/bid/3...Discrimination)

Do you think the current laws are fair? Do you think they protect disabled workers adequately? I think this will be a good topic to discuss.

[Loggerheads!]

Re: Disability Discrimination

From a personal point of view, I believe that on paper that the act is good, although like many areas of the law, it could do with tweaking in certain areas.

I think the law has to look at better ways of implementing the act i.e. better training of managers/staff/people, stiffer penalties for those who ignore clear guidelines and are seen to discriminate against any protected characteristic, ensuring that employers AND employees are kept up to date with any developments within the act.


Because lets be truthful, the act isn't worth the paper it's written on if it's not taken seriously or properly enforced. It's no good responding once the damage is done. Prevention is better than cure ...