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The paper "Sales of Goods Act of 1979 - Nike" discusses that the obligation is taken with the informal or formal contract which relates from the buyer to the seller about the condition of products and the liability which the company has toward the products.... ... ... ... The problem is one that is leading to several not being able to use the shoes as well as other associations which only allow one to wear the shoes once or not at all....
10 Pages
(2500 words)
Essay
This request must be accompanied by a physical disability evaluation report that is completed and duly signed by a qualified evaluator .... These reports also go further to disclose the nature of disability of the student thus providing confidential information about the student.... But students with physical disability will have no option but to request accommodation as is the case with amputees who may require assistance with filling out their answers....
29 Pages
(7250 words)
Term Paper
The paper "Stigmatisation and Health Law" states that the disability Discrimination Act is the first statute that protects disabled employees from being subjected to disability related discrimination.... However, this statute has been criticised by the activists of the disability movement.... Statutes, such as the disability Discrimination Act 2005, the disability Rights Commission Act 1999, and the disability Discrimination Act 1995, are some of the significant acts, whose provisions attempt to curtail discrimination against the disabled....
11 Pages
(2750 words)
Essay
The general terms often relate to nature of work, duties and responsibilities, place of work and compensation and benefits, etc.... The paper "disability and Employment Law - the Case of Chris vs Bill" highlights that Chris could bring in a case for unfair treatment at the hands of his line manager Bill, outlining all the events from his initial diagnosis to his last day at the workplace.... The case at hand will focus on the rights and duties of Chris and Bill under the disability Discrimination Act 1995 & 2005 and the Equality Act 2010, also referring to decisions in related cases as to the remedies available for both employer and employee....
9 Pages
(2250 words)
Research Paper
Medical benefits pay for necessary medical care for the treatment of work-related injury or illness.... Treatment for work-related injury starts immediately.... work-related injury or illness must be recommended by the treating doctor except in cases of emergency.... Although an employee does not pay for the work-related injury treatment, a doctor may request payment from a worker when the work-related injury or illness has been reviewed through dispute resolution hearing before a court and determined as an injury not work-related....
5 Pages
(1250 words)
Research Paper
The paper "Discrimination Equality and Harassment in work Place" discusses that it is the responsibility of the company to ensure appropriate policies are put in place to prevent harassment, and as such, it is not the responsibility of the employees to keep on reporting cases of harassment.... The concept of discrimination in the Equality Act 2010 requires the company to understand that it is often the environmental factors such as the employer's working practices, rather that the limitations as a result of the employee's disability, which restricts the disabled employees from fully participating in their duties....
8 Pages
(2000 words)
Essay
Equality Act 2010 is a law that sought to bring equality in the working environment by banning acts like unfair treatment of employees in the workplace and thus creating conducive conditions whereby equality in places of work is achieved and also extends to the general society at large.... n the old legislation that was replaced by the Equality Act 2010, it was very hard for an employee to prove discrimination arising from disability.... However, the new and unified definition of indirect discrimination and which can be applied to the nine protected characteristics gives greater autonomy to employees in proving that they have been discriminated against in disability-related discrimination....
18 Pages
(4500 words)
Essay
The paper "Employment law and disability, Equality Act 2010" states that in a twist of events, employees who employers would find difficult to work with and discriminated against would seek legal redress in the form of perceptive discrimination after following facts of some cases in one perspective.... Before the extensions that were made in the Equality Act 2010, perceptive discrimination covered protected characteristics of age, belief, sexual orientation, and race, but the extensions have made it possible for perceptive discrimination to cover other protected characteristics of sex reassignment, gender, and disability except for protected characteristics of marriage or social partnerships excluded in perceptive discrimination....
14 Pages
(3500 words)
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