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Disability defined

~ What is the meaning of 'disability' under the DDA Act?
~ Is stress, anxiety or depression a disability?
~ Is there a list of reconised conditions classed as disabilities?
~ What happens if we don't know that a person is disabled?
~ What's a long term effect?


Aims of the DDA explained

~ Can I be prosecuted under the DDA Act?
~ What is the Disability Discrimination Act all about?
~ Are there any new provisions coming into force in 2005?
~ What is the Disability Rights Commission?
~ Do they have legal powers that could affect my business?

 

Goods facilities and services

~ When does discrimination occur?
~ What does the Act say about service provisions?
~ What is meant by less favorable treatment of a customer?
~ How much do we have to do under the DDA act?
~ Can failing to make reasonable adjustments be justified?
~ Can I be liable for actions of my employees?
~ About selling or letting property to disabled people


Who does the DDA apply to?

~ Who the act covers
~ What the act does not cover
~ The affect on your full time and temporary employees and staff


Changes in employment provisions

~ Post termination should we worry?
~ What are the change to the employment provisions?
~ Litigation - what to expect and how to react

 

Reasonable adjustments

~ What are reasonable adjustments?
~ Do small businesses have to make the same adjustments as big companies?
~ We are tenants shouldn't the landlord make the adjustments?
~ Some examples of reasonable adjustments

 

Discrimination defined

~ Can I get help or grants to employ a disabled person?
~ What do the employment provisions in the act say?
~ How can I justify less favorable treatment?
~ Does the act affect long-term dismissals?
~ Do job applicants get the same protection as employees?
~ How the act is applied to discrimination in the work place

Enforcement and penalties

~ What action could my staff take against us?
~ What action could a customer or visitor take against us?
~ Recent court rulings brought under the DDA
~ Can we be fined for not complying with the act?

 

Tenants obligations

~ Who is responsible under the act us or our landlord?
~ If our landlord refuses consent to alterations what can we do?
~ Will the alterations need planning consent?
~ What happens about common areas that are shared by a number of tenants?
~ Will our lease be compromised if we fail to comply with the act?



Landlords obligations

~ Who should make the changes us or the tenant?
~ We have a sub lease who is responsible?
~ Can we reasonably withhold giving consent to works?
~ A request for structural changes has been made, can we withhold consent?


Altering premises

~ What reasonable steps do we have to make?
~ What reasonable adjustment should we consider?
~ What does the act say about physical features of premises
~ Is there any help with making reasonable adjustments to premises
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Our DDA pack comes with disability policy forms and letter templates for all common tasks that you may encounter under the DDA. They are user friendly and will suit all employers .

 

Comprehensive letters and forms templates

~ Questions to include on job application forms
~ Reasonable adjustments in job offer letter
~ Letter requesting consent to obtain medical report
~ Medical report consent form
~ Letter to Medical Practitioner/ Doctor
~ Customer survey form
~ Disability policy
~ Monitoring form
~ Letter to Landlord

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