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Charity pays thousands to settle job discrimination claim by disabled campaigner

By John Pring on 13th August 2020 Category: Employment

Charity pays thousands to settle job discrimination claim by disabled campaigner
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A disability charity that supports people with learning difficulties has paid thousands of pounds to settle an employment discrimination case taken by a leading disabled campaigner. The settlement by Learning Disability England (LDE) comes just months after one of its founding […]

Should DRC rise again? Sir Bert asks in posthumous autobiography

By John Pring on 30th May 2019 Category: Human Rights

Should DRC rise again? Sir Bert asks in posthumous autobiography
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An autobiography by one of the most influential disabled people of the last 50 years – published posthumously – could ignite calls for the return of the Disability Rights Commission (DRC), 12 years after it was merged into a new equality […]

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