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Frank Field speaking at a session of the work and pensions committee

September 21, 2017 0

Labour MP told to quit influential post after ‘offensive’ minimum wage call

Disabled activists have called for a Labour MP to resign as chair of the Commons work and pensions select committee, after he called for employers to be allowed to pay some disabled people less than the minimum wage. Frank Field (pictured) made the call in a new collection of essays on employment and disabled

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August 17, 2017 0

Tackle education, career stereotypes and flexible working to close pay gap, says EHRC

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The equality watchdog has called for action to improve the education of disabled pupils, tackle career stereotypes and improve the availability of flexible working, in order to close the gap in average hourly pay between disabled and non-disabled people. The overall disability pay gap is 14 per cent, but for some impairment groups it

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Ashley Phillips hugging a person dressed up as a pot of mustard

August 17, 2017 0

PR industry ‘needs to confront failure to employ disabled people’

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The public relations (PR) sector needs to confront its failings over the employment of disabled people, according to new research by an industry insider. One UK PR company with more than 300 employees has admitted that it does not have a single disabled member of staff, while the latest industry survey found just two

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Ministry of Justice sign on the wall of a building, overlooked by windows

July 27, 2017 0

Supreme Court tribunal fees win, but minister hints charges could be reintroduced

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The Supreme Court has ruled that the government broke the law by introducing fees for disabled people and others who take cases for discrimination or other illegal or unfair treatment to employment tribunals. The court ruled unanimously yesterday (Wednesday) that the government’s introduction of fees of up to £1,200 to take a case against

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Ross Minton, moustache, glasses, head and shoulders

July 27, 2017 0

Supreme Court tribunal fees ruling: ‘I couldn’t afford to gamble on justice’

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A graphic designer who was prevented from taking a disability discrimination case against his former employer because he could not afford the tribunal fees has welcomed the Supreme Court’s ruling that the government’s decision to introduce the charges was unlawful. The fees were introduced in 2013, a year before Ross Minton (pictured) was made

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July 20, 2017 0

Senior civil servant admits draft industrial strategy failed on disability

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A senior civil servant has admitted to MPs and peers that the government’s industrial strategy will not be “fit for purpose” unless it corrects its failure to consider disability and other equality issues in a green paper it published in January. Alex Williams, the civil servant responsible for sector deals* for the Department for

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Two men, one with a lawyer's wig, and the other wearing a red, fur-trimmed robe, in the House of Lords

July 20, 2017 0

Equality watchdog and parts of disability movement ‘fail to highlight achievers’

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A government adviser has criticised the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and parts of the disability movement for failing to do enough to highlight “disabled achievers”. The criticism comes in a new report which was co-authored by the government’s disability employment adviser, Professor Francis Davis, who was appointed to the Office for Disability

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A young wheelchair-user sits smiling at an office desk

July 13, 2017 0

Inclusion London set to test social model job support, after £775k grant

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A pan-London disabled people’s organisation (DPO) has been given the chance to test “exciting” and “important” approaches to supporting young disabled people into work that reflect the social model of disability, after securing more than £750,000 in funding. Inclusion London has been awarded £775,000 over five years by the City Bridge Trust, which funds

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Two men and a woman beside a poster which says 'help me spend my money'

July 13, 2017 0

Purple boss raises concerns over Disability Confident accreditation

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New concerns have been raised about the government’s Disability Confident employment campaign, after a leading disabled social entrepreneur said that some businesses could be finding it easier than intended to secure the highest level of accreditation. Mike Adams, chief executive of the social enterprise Purple, said he was concerned that some organisations providing Disability

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Janine Booth reading to an audience from a book

May 25, 2017 0

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Frustration at London Underground autism refusal

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Union activists are planning a high-profile campaign against London Underground after it refused to introduce an employment policy on autism and neurodiversity. Janine Booth, a member of the RMT transport union, told the TUC’s annual Disabled Workers’ Conference in London that London Underground had refused even to discuss the idea of introducing a policy.

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