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First Sucessful Claim of Disability Discrimination against a Recruitment Agency
Posted: May 12th, 2008, 2:46pm BST
The first disability discrimination case has been brought against a recruitment agency - Sales Link Services - and won. The case in hand concerned a deaf person, Pauline Alexander: Although Alexander is deaf, that had not prevented her from formerly being director of a property company and, having applied to the agency in her present occupational guise as a diversity trainer, she felt she was well qualified to work in the field. But Sales Link Services had other ideas. "I was asked to phone in, which I did using TypeTalk [a relay telephone service for deaf people]," says Alexander. "The person I spoke to said he thought my hearing loss would be an impediment to doing ... -
Parliament: Cochlear Implants & National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence
Posted: May 12th, 2008, 1:13pm BST
Last week there was a debate in parliament about the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Within this debate, there was reference made to cochlear implants, and wider benefits not being factored or measured when making a budgetary argument. This suggestion was made by the RNID: Sandra Gidley (Shadow Minister, Health; Romsey, Liberal Democrat) ... That might be a little unfair, but many patient groups feel that they are treated unfairly and that wider benefits are not fully taken into account. It would help the public accept some of the decisions more readily if they were reassured that such factors had been taken into account. The then Minister of State, Department of Health, who ... -
Post about iPlayer on Noesis
Posted: May 12th, 2008, 4:03am BST
Earlier I knocked together a post on iPlayer, over at Noesis. If you're interested in iPlayer issues, you might want to read....