Brussels, 17/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - It is illegal to discriminate against anyone at work because of disability, even if it is not directly the disabled person who is discriminated against, the Court of Justice ruled on Thursday 17 July 2008 (Case C-303/06). The British court which referred the case should now apply the relevant legislation on non-discrimination to the case of Ms Coleman, who considers she had been dismissed from her job due to her son's disabilities.
Ms Coleman had been...