| There are many misunderstandings for employers | | | | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, it would no doubt be |
| and employees with regards to equality and | | | | considered a disability while it lasted, which can be |
| diversity and new laws that have been adopted in | | | | some time. You can't be sacked for having ME |
| the UK recently. | | | | and being away from work. Before the medical |
| Some Common Misconceptions | | | | profession recognised ME as a serious and |
| There are many misunderstandings for employers | | | | incapacitating disease, some employers thought |
| and employees with regards to equality and | | | | the sufferer to be a malingerer. |
| diversity and new laws that have been adopted in | | | | Some employers believe that age discrimination |
| the UK recently. | | | | applies only to more experience people. Not so - |
| Acas the Conciliation and Advisory Service, which | | | | recruiters have been strongly advised how to |
| set up over 100 years ago in the UK to assist | | | | write their advertisements when looking for |
| and help mediate differences between workers | | | | someone with so many years experience for a |
| and management (rather old fashioned terms | | | | job. The answer is do not mention length of |
| now), identified and discussed some of these | | | | experience. If a person is young, but completely |
| issues on its website recently. ACAS discussed | | | | capable of performing a certain job, they have |
| age prejudice, pregnancy concerns and race | | | | the right to be considered. |
| discrimination. | | | | The continuing argument goes on about equality in |
| When advertising for a fluent language speaker | | | | pay for men and women and while most |
| for language jobs, preferably a native, you may | | | | Western working societies do make sincere |
| not use the words mother tongue, regardless of | | | | efforts to observe equality and diversity in the |
| the fact, for example, that a French person is | | | | workplace, many countries do still fall down in their |
| likely to be the most fluent in French. Mother | | | | efforts. In the end it all comes down to care and |
| tongue is considered discriminatory. In the | | | | common sense. Care for each other and our |
| translation industry, mother tongue is a must | | | | needs and common sense about what is workable |
| when translating into the target (your own) | | | | and practical.Last night I saw an extraordinary |
| language, but the words target and source are | | | | short film on the way to treat each other called |
| used, rather than native. | | | | 'Binta & the Great Idea' ( Binta y la Gran Idea)- |
| It seems that disability is one issue that concerns | | | | one of the producers/distributors is the UN and if |
| employers and what determines a disability? If a | | | | you have the opportunity, do see it. |
| person develops ME, the debilitating disease | | | | |