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The government is to push ahead with its delayed plans to force large employers to report on the size of their disability pay gap. The plans were first announced in the king’s speech in July 2024, and a consultation was held […]
Unions have called for government action to address the “absolutely criminal” pay gap between disabled and non-disabled employees. New TUC figures were released this week ahead of the first in-person TUC Disabled Workers Conference since the start of the pandemic. Dave […]
Nearly 100 disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) across the UK have secured more than £1 million in funding to help them deliver grassroots emergency support to disabled people during the pandemic. A total of £1,092,906 of funding from the National Emergencies Trust […]
Disabled people will effectively work for free for the last 57 days of this year because of the huge gap between their earnings and those of non-disabled employees, new TUC research has shown. Disabled activists this week backed the TUC call […]
The Conservative party has refused to explain why it is doing nothing to address the disability pay gap, despite announcing measures it says will tackle the injustice of black and minority ethnic (BAME) employees being paid less for doing the same […]