Employment

Ellen Clifford speaking into a microphone, watched by three other panel members

October 12, 2017 0

DWP ‘manipulated Access to Work figures to hide cuts and harassment’

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been accused of manipulating statistics in an attempt to hide the ongoing barriers, cuts and harassment experienced by disabled people seeking support from a key disability employment programme. The claims followed the release of new figures which showed the number of disabled people approved every year

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Leonora Bateman, head and shoulders, on a slant

September 28, 2017 0

Disabled woman forced to quit job by ‘Disability Confident’ government

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A disabled woman has been forced to quit her job because two “Disability Confident” government organisations refused to allow her to use one of the parking spaces close to the offices where she worked. Leonora Bateman worked for a company wholly owned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), while the offices where

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

September 28, 2017 0

Labour conference: Shock and outrage over Field’s minimum wage comments

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Disabled party activists have expressed shock and outrage after the Labour chair of the Commons work and pensions committee suggested that employers should be allowed to pay some disabled people less than the minimum wage. Among the critics were two disabled Labour MPs, Jared O’Mara and Marsha de Cordova, who joined many other disabled

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September 21, 2017 0

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

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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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