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Section 20, The Persons With Disability Act, 2011
Status not yet checkedThe Persons With Disability Act, 2011, Sierra Leone
(1) Subject to subsection (2), no employer shalldiscriminate against a person with disability in relation to-
(a) the advertisement of employment;
(b) the recruitment for employment unless the
disability makes it impossible for the person
to perform the particular type of employment;
(c) the creation, classification or abolition of
posts;
(d) the determination or allocation of wages,
salaries, pensions, accommodation, leave or
other such benefits;
(e) the choice of persons for posts, training,
advancements, apprenticeships, transfer,
promotion or retrenchment;
(f) the provision of facilities related to or
connected with employment; or
(g) any other matter related to employment.
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Right to free
education.
Protection
from
discrimination
in educational
institutions.
Courses to be
introduced in
public
educational
institutions
etc.
Provision of
free medical
services.
Compulsory
screening at
health
centres.
Prohibition of
denial of
employment.
Protection
from discrimination in
employment.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), an employer shall
not be regarded as having discriminated against a person with
disability if-
(a) the act or omission alleged to constitute the
discrimination was not wholly or mainly
attributed to the disability of the person;
(b) the disability in question makes it impossible
for the person to perform the particular type
of employment;
(c) special facilities or modifications, whether
physical, administrative or otherwise, are
required at the work place to accommodate
the person with disability, which the employer
cannot reasonably be expected to provide.
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits
an offence.
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