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Definition of disability
  • 30 Dec 2019

    秦秀清 對 長鴻鋁窗裝飾工程有限公司

    Citation
    [2019] HKDC 1749
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCEO3/2018

    Judge accepted applicant's credible medical and contemporaneous documentary evidence and rejected respondent's evidence and explanations; found respondent pressured applicant to resign and dismissed her because of pregnancy thus breaching SDO s8 and s11(2); found victimisation under SDO s9 and DDO s7(1) arising from respondent's refusal to provide severance payment and employment certificate after complaints; did not find primary disability discrimination under DDO s6 because respondent lacked knowledge of miscarriage before dismissal; awarded declaratory relief, damages (injury to feelings H…