According to research those who are diagnosed with cancer in the workplace is rising. According to Cancer Research UK each year almost 120,000 people of working age are diagnosed with cancer in the UK. Employees who have been diagnosed with cancer will get automatic protection from disability discrimination under the Equality Act 2010. Cancer is […]
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Discrimination arising from disability
The Claimant brought a claim of discrimination arising from disability following his dismissal in the recent case of Risby v London Borough of Waltham Forest. The employee was a wheelchair user. His employer changed the venue for a course to one which was inaccessible to him as a wheelchair user. The employee lost his temper. […]