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The Covent Garden HR Buddies is an initiative facilitated by Clarkslegal to offer the London HR community the opportunity to meet with like-minded peers, attend relevant seminars and workshops and boost your knowhow of the issues specific to this sector.
 
It’s free and open to anyone interested in HR. It sets its own agenda, so it can be purely social or facilitate presentations to help prevent HR problems for companies in the London area. So if you want to network face to face contact buddy@clarkslegal.com. Click here for further details about our next HR Buddies event.  

If, alternatively, you wish to network online with other HR professionals, then using the discussion forum below, is your ideal opportunity to do so.

Please feel free to post new queries or questions, and/or reply to ones already posted. All you have to do is register a few details, then you will be ready to post your thoughts.

You can post a new query by selecting the tab "new thread". To reply to a post, select that post and then choose the "reply" tab.
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Kate_Atkinson
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Equal opportunities: disabled people
Posted: 11 Dec 06 2:46 PM Modified By Kate_Atkinson on 12/13/2006 11:54:09 AM)

This week buddy was asked: is there a legal requirement for public bodies to promote equality of opportunity for disabled people?
Kate_Atkinson
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Re: Equal opportunities: disabled people
Posted: 18 Dec 06 11:15 AM

Buddy says: Yes, since 4 December 2006 the Disability Equality Duty (DED) came into force requiring public bodies to promote equality of opportunity for disabled people. A Disability Equality Scheme must also be published by certain public bodies.

Additional information: The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (DDA) stipulated the requirement from 4 December 2006 for public bodies to:

  • Eliminate unlawful disability discrimination and disability-related harassment.
  • Promote equality of opportunity for disabled people.
  • Promote positive attitudes.
  • Encourage disabled people to take part in public life.

Section 49 of the DDA also lists additional duties which many public bodies have to adhere to. These including:

  • The duty to publish a Disability Equality Scheme.
  • The duty to implement a Disability Equality Scheme.
  • Show how they (public bodies) intend to comply with the disability equality duty.

This scheme is similar to the race equality duty which has been in force since 2001 and the gender equality duty which will come into force on 30 April 2007.

Further guidance on the DED and its affect on employment can be obtained from the Disability Rights Commission website at www.drc.gov.uk 

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