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Ruling: Disability discrimination laws do not apply to volunteers
An Employment Appeal Tribunal has handed down a key decision about the application of disability discrimination law to volunteers in the long-running case of X v. Mid Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau.
The claimant, an unpaid specialist adviser for welfare rights at the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) working under a volunteer agreement, had lodged a claim against the CAB claiming disability discrimination. Her claim was dismissed by the Employment Tribunal and she appealed to the Employment Appeal Tribunal. She argued that, based on the Employment Framework Directive, and its inclusion of 'occupation', the DDA should be interpreted to include her situation on the basis that her volunteering was an 'occupation'.
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November 5, 2009
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