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New DSE LegislationYou could ring or e-mail the Disability Right Commission who will give you clear and accurate advice on this. They are open from 8-8 and their website address is www.drc-gb.org if you click on 'contact us' you will get the phone nos and the email address. Have a nice bank holiday w/e all Greta Thornbory Consultant, Occupational Health & Education Consultant Editor, OH Journal www.gtenterprises-uk.com Tel: 01235 770156 Mob: 07778 518 027 ----- Original Message ----- From: Flower, Sarah To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 1:49 PM Subject: New DSE Legislation All, I have recieved a query from our IT Department in regard to this email she received today, could anybody shed any light on this and how it may effect our DSE Assessments. "You may or may not be aware but a new government legislation came into force which means all forms of web based communications must be compliant with DDA (Disabilities Discrimination Act). This has a direct impact on employee portals and corporate intranets as they can be hostile environments for the disabled and blind. Failure to comply with this legislation has and will result in legal action being taken against organisations that are unaware of their negligence." Kind regards Sarah Flower Occupational Health Adviser H.J.Heinz Com.Ltd *********************************************************************************** This email is not intended to create a contract or an offer of acceptance or other legally binding commitment, unless that is expressly stated to be the case in the email. If the email does expressly state that a contract is created, then any contract for sale of goods will (unless expressly stated otherwise) be subject to the relevant H.J. Heinz's Standard Conditions of Sale applicable to that type of goods which are set out at www.heinzcustomers.co.uk This email and any attachments are confidential and solely for the use of the intended recipient. They may contain material protected by legal professional or other privilege. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering to the intended recipient, you are not authorised to and must not disclose, copy, distribute or retain this email or its attachments. Although this email and its attachments are believed to be free of any virus or other defect, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that they are virus free and no responsibility is accepted by the company for any loss or damage arising from receipt or use thereof. *********************************************************************************** hjdisclaimer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. For list archives and documents, go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html for list archives For jobs in Occupational Health, go to http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/OHJobs/ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.737 / Virus Database: 491 - Release Date: 11/08/2004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. For list archives and documents, go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html for list archives For jobs in Occupational Health, go to http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/OHJobs/