workplace help - discrimmination (1 Viewer)

[bEAbEA]

hi can anyone think of a case where someone was denied a position because they were disabled?

 

[Huratio]

hmmm.. i gotta look into that one. alot of the discrimination cases are age and gender ones... lol

i'll post when i find a couple...

 

[bEAbEA]

yeah, i know, they are hard to find - all of the ones in my text are gender. Thanks, help is appreciated

 

[Huratio]

found one:

Kitt v. Tourism Commission [1987]. Page 373 of Longman Legal Studies (the textbook we use at school). just tell me here if you don't have the book and i'll type up the details.

 

[bEAbEA]

thankyou so much, i have that book!

 

[Huratio]

cool. sorry about the delay- i've been having term 2 exams (all over now)...

 

[paper cup]

hi can anyone think of a case where someone was denied a position because they were disabled?

Kitt v Tourism Commission NSW.
it was a promotion though not the position, google it. He was a cave guide and wanted a permanent position - but he had epilepsy, appealed, decision was in his favour.

 

[Huratio]

Kitt v Tourism Commission NSW.
it was a promotion though not the position, google it. He was a cave guide and wanted a permanent position - but he had epilepsy, appealed, decision was in his favour.

yep. as mentioned above a summary of it is on Page 373 of Longman Legal Studies...