The country's laws on workplace discrimination cover persons with disabilities as well and there is no need to enact specific legislation for this group, says V. Sivakumar.<br /><br />The Human Resources Minister told a press conference at Parliament on Monday (Oct 16) that the amended Employment Act 1955 Section 69F which took effect on Jan 1 granted the Labour Department director-general the authority to look into and decide on employee-employer disputes involving discrimination.<br /><br />Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yukzcvcz<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline<br />
