The US Supreme court has denied Domino’s request to hear its case – this is a strong indicator that companies need to take action now to ensure their websites are accessible. It’s the right thing to do and the alternative is to risk a lawsuit and potentially an expensive court case.

As usual 5 of the best articles we have seen are listed below with summaries and links to the full articles:

• UK | State of the Sector – UK Central Gov. Websites
  

  How much progress are UK Central Government organisations making in meeting the EU Directive on website accessibility? Sitemorse has published it’s State of the Nation report.
  
  Sitemorse have published their State of the Nation report looking at the progress UK Central Government organisations are making with website accessibility and complying with the EU Directives.
  
  https://sitemorse.com/blog-article/9551/accessibility-across-uk-central-government/

• US | Web Accessibility: Why It Matters to Your HR Department

  Business 2 Community look at why HR Department’s should be taking Web Accessibility seriously.
  
  Most people think that digital technology has made the world more accessible. While websites do increase accessibility for many people, they can be limiting for others. Specifically, people with disabilities may have increased difficulty accessing online content.
  
  https://www.business2community.com/human-resources/web-accessibility-why-it-matters-to-your-hr-department-02248636

• GLOBAL | Dealing with website accessibility – prioritisation gives you a head start

  Sitemorse discuss a 4-step approach to improving website accessibility.
  
  Sometimes accessibility has negative connotations for digital teams. It reminds them of those tasks they should have done to make their website fully compliant with accessibility standards, but just didn’t have time to complete.
  
  https://sitemorse.com/news/2017/05/15/dealing-website-accessibility-prioritise-rather-panic/

• US | What Can the Travel Industry learn from the Domino's Pizza non-Ruling?

  PR Newswire looks at the Domino’s Pizza Case and asks what lessons the Travel Industry can learn.
  
  Not sure if your website is compliant with accessibility requirements—or if it even needs to be? Perhaps the best place to start is by taking a lesson from Domino's./
  
  https://finance.yahoo.com/news/travel-industry-learn-dominos-pizza-020300434.html

• US | H.R. 1199 – VA Website Accessibility Act of 2019 (Sponsored by Rep. Elaine Luria / Veterans’ Affairs Committee)

  A bill submitted to the House of Representatives and referred to the Committee of Veterans’ Affairs looks at accessibility of websites to people with disabilities.
  
  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study regarding the accessibility of websites of the Department of Veterans Affairs to individuals with disabilities.
  
  https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20191014/BILLS-116hr1199-SUS.pdf