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Disability Discrimination: Trades Unions and Trade Associations
The Disability Discrimination Act makes unlawful discrimination by trade organisations, which includes trade unions, organisations of employees, and organisations whose members carry out a particular trade or profession.
The Disability Discrimination Act prohibits discrimination in the terms upon which such an organisation is prepared to admit you to membership, and the refusal to accept an application for membership from you. The Act prohibits discrimination in the case of a disabled person who is already a member of the organisation concerned in:
The Disability Discrimination Act prohibits discrimination in the terms upon which such an organisation is prepared to admit you to membership, and the refusal to accept an application for membership from you. The Act prohibits discrimination in the case of a disabled person who is already a member of the organisation concerned in:
- The way in which the organisation affords you access to any benefit, or by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford you access to the benefit;
- By depriving you of membership, or varying the terms on which you are a member; and
- By subjecting you to any other detriment.
