This study has been produced under the European Community Action Programme to combat discrimination (2001-2006). This programme was established by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Employment and Social Affairs as a pragmatic support to ensuring effective implementation of the...

This Report presents a legal analysis of the coexistence between regulations seeking to protect health and safety at work and the requirement of non-discrimination in work and employment against persons with disabilities. Its asks whether health and safety regulations may constitute barriers to...