Apparently, 27% of mentally ill people are unemployed. I can't remember
the
figure for blind people, but I think it is lower than that.
Barry
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From: "martin wilsher" <m.wilsher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 4:54 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: incapacity benifit to be axed
So how do we increse the amount of blind people employed? Are we always
at
the bottom of the pile and set to remain so? Just a question.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
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Barry Hill
Sent: 20 July 2008 15:16
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: incapacity benifit to be axed
There's also the choice of complying with the DDA. If a company has the
choice of employing someone with epilepsy that is controlled with
medication
or someone with a sensory loss, they can choose the less inconvenient
choice
and still comply with the DDA.
Barry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Hornby" <derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:34 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: incapacity benifit to be axed
martin wrote:
"The thing we all have to remember here is that employers have to be
forced
to employ disabled people. If they didn't have to be forced to accept
disabled people, then why have the DDA?"
Yes but it's illegal now, for employers to refuse to employ people on
grounds of disability.
The problem is how does one show proof, of discrimination?
If 2 people applied for a job at say RNIB, one is blind, one is sighted.
If the sighted person gets the job, does that mean the blind person has
been
discriminated against. Maybe, but not always.
I employ a male gardener.
So have i discriminated against females!
Regards, Derek
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