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What’s behind the rise in firings linked to disability discrimination?

South China Morning Post · · 218 words · By Matthew Cheng
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“Complaints to Hong Kong’s equality watchdog about firings linked to suspected disability discrimination have more than doubled over the past five years”
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The provided evidence confirms that the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) exists in Hong Kong and handles disability discrimination, but none of the sources provide statistics or data regarding the number of complaints over the past five years to verify if they have doubled.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 2019 until 2020, protests were held in Hong Kong in response to the Hong Kong government's introduction of a bill to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance in regard to extradition. It was the la…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019–2020_Hong_Kong_protests
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) is a public body in Hong Kong that investigates discrimination complaints and promotes equality. It was created in 1996 as the city's first semi-governmental a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Opportunities_Commission…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Equal opportunity is a state of fairness in which individuals are treated similarly, unhampered by artificial barriers, prejudices, or preferences, except when particular distinctions can be explicitl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_opportunity
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“the watchdog received 490 complaints of alleged disability discrimination in the employment field last year, up 72 per cent from 285 in 2021”
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The evidence provided contains general information about discrimination in Ireland and Flanders, and unrelated grammar exercises, but does not contain any statistics regarding EOC complaints in 2024 or 2021.
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web search NEUTRAL — People with disabilities are more likely to experience discrimination in Ireland, a report has found. It found that from 2004 to 2019, 12% to 18% of adults reported experiencing some form of discrimin…
https://www.kildarenow.com/news/minority-groups-in-ireland-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — This makes age the most common source of discrimination experienced by Flemish people, more so than, for example, discrimination based on gender or political affiliation, according to a report by the …
https://www.belganewsagency.eu/four-in-ten-flemings-have-exp…
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web search NEUTRAL — Tinan is 107 and Miuki is 105 years old. They _ know the secret of longevity. both. neither.- He’s either in the garage or in the garden. Would you like to go to the beach or to the park? - Neither. I…
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“complaints involving dismissal more than doubled over the same period, increasing from 132 in 2021 to 282 in 2025”
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The evidence discusses how to lodge a complaint with the EOC and mentions unrelated legal cases in other jurisdictions, but provides no data on the number of dismissal-related complaints in 2021 or 2025.
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web search NEUTRAL — You need to lodge your complaint in writing and provide the following information: details of the discriminatory acts and the dates involvedAfter a complaint is received, the EOC will first investigat…
https://www.clic.org.hk/en/topics/antiDiscrimination/how_to_…
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web search NEUTRAL — The applicant claimed that she was dismissed as a result of her disability or because of her temporary absence from work due to her medical concerns. The Court determined that the dismissal instead re…
https://www.fwc.gov.au/physical-or-mental-disability
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web search NEUTRAL — Federal and state laws forbid employment discrimination on the basis of age, disability, national origin, or race, and other protected characteristics, she explained. "If the evidence shows these empl…
https://www.theregister.com/security/2024/05/30/kyndryl-accu…
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“the EOC received 640 overall in 2021, with disability-related reports accounting for around 45 per cent”
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The evidence mentions unemployment rates for people with disabilities in 2018 and mental health disability trends in 2021, but does not provide the total number of EOC complaints (640) or the 45% figure for disability-related reports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The BL 14 inch 45 calibre gun were various similar naval guns designed and manufactured by Elswick Ordnance Company to equip ships that Armstrong-Whitworth built and/or armed for several countries bef…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The hooded pitohui (Pitohui dichrous) is a species of bird in the genus Pitohui found in New Guinea. It was long thought to be a whistler (Pachycephalidae) but is now known to be in the Old World orio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The QF 14-pounder was a 3-inch medium-velocity naval gun used to equip warships for defence against torpedo boats. It was produced for export by Maxim-Nordenfelt (later Vickers, Sons and Maxim) in co…
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“In 2025, such complaints made up about 55 per cent of the 896 filed last year”
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The evidence mentions AI-related job scams in 2025 and Canadian tax information for 2025, but does not contain any data regarding the total number of EOC complaints (896) or the percentage of disability-related complaints for 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Year 896 (DCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/896
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Delaware Route 896 (DE 896) is a state highway located in New Castle County, Delaware. The route runs from U.S. Route 13 (US 13) in Boyds Corner north to the Maryland border northwest of Newark, where…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Milsaperidone, sold under the brand name Bysanti, is an atypical antipsychotic used for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. It is a prodrug of iloperidone and acts as a dopamine D2 re…
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