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Is an employer required to provide full time sign interpreters to mute employees?
I visited a retailer and went through the self checkout till where I was assisted by a mute employee, who communicated with me through a sign interpreter whose job seemed to be to shadow and ...
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Is addiction a disability?
Is addiction considered a disability for employment and beneftis rights?
Does it matter if the addiction is legal: say gambling or alcohol; or illegal: drugs or theft (Kleptomania)?
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What is an example of indirect discrimination?
In another answer @JBently IIRC explained that if one was to offer only urinal facilities but no toilet stalls this would be indirect discrimination as it would have the effect of unfavorable ...
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What parties are obliged to make "reasonable adjustments"? [closed]
There is a legal phrase reasonable adjustment that refers to various parties duty to adjust their interaction with disabled people for the latter's ease and practicality. What types of parties are ...
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Is it legal to format shift / strip DRM in the UK?
Suppose I have lawfully purchased an ebook for myself, on a permanent basis. Section 28B "Personal copies for private use" of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 seems pretty clear ...
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Is the inability to bypass a duty free shopping area in UK airports a violation of the Equality Act?
In many airports in the United Kingdom, passengers are required to walk straight through a duty free shop (as in straight through it, not alongside its entrance) to get to the departure gates after ...
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What provisions are there to broaden the usage of the “vulnerable adult” concept as in the PACE Act 1984 to other legal contexts?
The concept of a vulnerable adult as someone meriting equivalent treatment as children/minors seems to have pervaded British policy and legal parlance. For example, most of the clarifying materials to ...
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Can a UK employer legally require someone to stay home if they pose a significant risk of harm to others?
I'm thinking of this in the context of the current debate about coronavirus vaccine certificates, but I think the question is wider and I don't want to limit it to just that.
Suppose an existing long ...
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Disability discrimination - channels and asymmetry
So, I was recently experiencing a situation where I couldn't seem to get a satisfactory experience using an organization's on-line customer service channel.
The only alternative presented to me at ...
