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Talk on disability discrimination in employment Today I will be looking at the issue of disability discrimination in employment. I will cover areas such as the background to the anti discrimination measures and provide an overview and an analysis of the current legislation both European and domestic. I have also provided some examples to show you today taken from various articles and case law. I hope you enjoy my presentation this morning. Statistics have shown that disabled people account for almost a fifth of the working-age population in Great Britain, but for only one-eighth of all individuals in employment. There are more than 6.5 million individuals with a work-limiting, long-term disability or health problem in Great Britain, [Smith & Thomas] but disabled people are merely half as likely as non-disabled people to be in employment. [Pearson & Watson.] Disabled employees make on average two-thirds of the wages of non-disabled employees, and it...

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