A Guide to Disability Discrimination in Employment
This guide is intended as an aid to employers to understand the complex employment provisions of the DDA. The guide provides practical advice on how employers should look at their recruitment and employment practices to ensure that they are not exposed to risks of claims under the legislation.
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 fundamentally advanced protection for disabled people. In the employment context, employers ignore this significant piece of legislation at their peril as, if they are found to have discriminated against a disabled person, an employment tribunal has the power to make an unlimited award of compensation.