support on discrimination and human rights issues. The Equality and Advisory Support Service cannot provide legal advice. The following tables show the sources and of discrimination which disabled people called the helpline about. From Fig. 3 it can be stated that the majority of the calls from disabled people in Scotland were in respect of Employment issues at 52%. 30% were calls in respect of Services and Public Functions. Fig 4. illustrates that between the years of October 2012 May 2016 – that the majority of the calls were about the failure to make a reasonable adjustment. 23% of the calls were about discrimination arising from disability and 8% were about direct discrimination. This highlights that callers still face disability discrimination. Overall, it can be stated that the Sheriff Courts and Employment Tribunals may be inaccessible to disabled people due to the regulations and the format of the Court or Tribunal documentation. The number of disability discrimination complaints received in the Employment Tribunal is lower than in 2012. This is because there are barriers to disabled people being able to raise claims in the Employment Tribunal. This is because of the fees in Employment Tribunals and that the disability discrimination claims are largely resolved through conciliation before reaching the Employment Tribunal. In addition, the number of disability discrimination claims heard at the Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland is low too. Suggesting that a few disabled pupils do not know that they can raise a claim against the local authority when they face disability discrimination. The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s Helpline data shows that reasonable adjustments and direct discrimination are still faced by disabled people. 5. Law Centres in Scotland There are eleven law centres in Scotland which provide legal advice to specific groups or communities of people and/or to certain geographical areas of Scotland. Six law centres provide legal advice to clients across the whole of Scotland whilst others provide legal advice only in specific geographical areas. The majority of the law centres provide legal advice in the respect of Housing, preventing Homelessness, Welfare Benefits,
support on discrimination and human rights issues. The Equality and Advisory Support Service cannot provide legal advice. The following tables show the sources and of discrimination which disabled people called the helpline about. From Fig. 3 it can be stated that the majority of the calls from disabled people in Scotland were in respect of Employment issues at 52%. 30% were calls in respect of Services and Public Functions. Fig 4. illustrates that between the years of October 2012 – May 2016 that the majority of the calls were about the failure to make a reasonable adjustment. 23% of the calls were about discrimination arising from disability and 8% were about direct discrimination. This highlights that callers still face disability discrimination. Overall, it can be stated that the Sheriff Courts and Employment Tribunals may be inaccessible to disabled people due to the regulations and the format of the Court or Tribunal documentation. The number of disability discrimination complaints received in the Employment Tribunal is lower than in 2012. This is because there are barriers to disabled people being able to raise claims in the Employment Tribunal. This is because of the fees in Employment Tribunals and that the disability discrimination claims are largely resolved through conciliation before reaching the Employment Tribunal. In addition, the number of disability discrimination claims heard at the Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland is low too. Suggesting that a few disabled pupils do not know that they can raise a claim against the local authority when they face disability discrimination. The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s Helpline data shows that reasonable adjustments and direct discrimination are still faced by disabled people. 5. Law Centres in Scotland There are eleven law centres in Scotland which provide legal advice to specific groups or communities of people and/or to certain geographical areas of Scotland. Six law centres provide legal advice to clients across the whole of Scotland whilst others provide legal advice only in specific geographical areas. The majority of the law centres provide legal advice in the respect of Housing, preventing Homelessness, Welfare Benefits,
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