Point your employer to http://www.csszengarden.com, pointing out every design uses the same html code.
Since 1st October 1999, it has been the responsibility of service providers such as your company to ensure they change any practices that could make it unreasonably difficult for disabled people to make use of those services. Nested tables can confuse the hell out of software that reads out content for the visually impaired, never mind the way they screw up sites for those of us that can see
Afaik the EU minimum standard for commercial web accessibility is the WC3 Priority 2 checklist (although any reputable firm would already be implementing Priority 1). Item 3.3 is "3.3 Use style sheets to control layout and presentation."
Your company may well be in breach of UK and EU law on minimum standards of accessibility, which I guess could be construed as providing a product that is not fit for purpose.
Admittedly its been a few years since I was in web design, but those were the sort of pitfalls we were told about.
Since 1st October 1999, it has been the responsibility of service providers such as your company to ensure they change any practices that could make it unreasonably difficult for disabled people to make use of those services. Nested tables can confuse the hell out of software that reads out content for the visually impaired, never mind the way they screw up sites for those of us that can see

Afaik the EU minimum standard for commercial web accessibility is the WC3 Priority 2 checklist (although any reputable firm would already be implementing Priority 1). Item 3.3 is "3.3 Use style sheets to control layout and presentation."
Your company may well be in breach of UK and EU law on minimum standards of accessibility, which I guess could be construed as providing a product that is not fit for purpose.
Admittedly its been a few years since I was in web design, but those were the sort of pitfalls we were told about.
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