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Diversity and Non-Discrimination In the Workplace.
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DIVERSITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE HUMAN RESOURCES • June 2003 37 Legal update 1. Disability discrimination - K & Others v. Secretary for Justice (17 September 2000) K and Y's applications to be firemen were rejected because K's mother suffered from schizophrenia while Y's late father had delusional disorder. W's employment with the Customs and Excise Department (CED) was conditional upon results of a medical examination and he was dismissed shortly after the results revealed that his mother suffered from schizophrenia. Both the Fire Services Department (FSD) and CED applied a policy of rejecting job applicants with a first degree relative suffering from mental illness of a hereditary nature on the basis hat the risk of the employee developing the illness might be a threat to the safety of fellow employees and members of the public, that safety to the public and was an inherent requirement of the employment in question. However, neither...
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