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Government’s ‘milestone’ disability jobs stats ‘are meaningless when it comes to equality’

By John Pring on 19th May 2022 Category: Employment

Government’s ‘milestone’ disability jobs stats ‘are meaningless when it comes to equality’
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New government figures that show an increase of 1.3 million in the number of disabled people in work since 2017 are “meaningless” when it comes to the inequality disabled people face in the jobs market, ministers have been warned. The minister […]

Access to Work in crisis as figures show ‘massive’ waiting-list

By John Pring on 12th May 2022 Category: Employment

Access to Work in crisis as figures show ‘massive’ waiting-list
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The government’s Access to Work (AtW) scheme is in crisis, with new figures showing the number of disabled people waiting for decisions on their applications has more than quadrupled in a year. By 22 March, there were 20,909 disabled people waiting […]

Ministers ‘should admit figures show zero progress on disability employment’

By John Pring on 24th February 2022 Category: Employment

Ministers ‘should admit figures show zero progress on disability employment’
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Suggestions that ministers have reduced the disadvantage faced by disabled people in the jobs market are misleading and based on “flawed” measures, a disability employment expert has told Disability News Service (DNS). Ministers have persistently claimed that government policies have narrowed […]

Access to Work’s 12-week backlog, as DWP offers ‘work for free’ advice to PAs

By John Pring on 20th January 2022 Category: Employment

Access to Work’s 12-week backlog, as DWP offers ‘work for free’ advice to PAs
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A disabled university lecturer says her job was put at risk by the failure of the Department for Work and Pensions to deal with a huge backlog in Access to Work (AtW) applications. Daisy Higman, a freelance voice teacher and theatre-maker, […]

Government’s failure on job support for disabled people is ‘unacceptable’, MPs hear

By John Pring on 6th January 2022 Category: Employment

Government’s failure on job support for disabled people is ‘unacceptable’, MPs hear
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The government’s failure to spend enough money on specialist employment support for disabled people is unacceptable, MPs have been told by policy and research experts. Members of the Commons work and pensions committee were told the government was “not doing enough” […]

DWP admits losing six more disability-related employment tribunals

By John Pring on 25th November 2021 Category: Employment

DWP admits losing six more disability-related employment tribunals
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The number of disability-related employment tribunals being lost by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) appears to have increased since its “shocking track record” of discrimination against its disabled staff was exposed by a documentary 20 months ago. Peter Schofield, […]

Concern and surprise over survey that showed care users do not want staff vaccinated

By John Pring on 18th November 2021 Category: Employment

Concern and surprise over survey that showed care users do not want staff vaccinated
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The government has refused to investigate whether a consultation on care worker vaccinations was hijacked by anti-vaccine activists, after its findings suggested that two-thirds of disabled and older people would prefer that their care workers were not protected against COVID-19. The […]

Council backs chief executive who lied to tribunal over discrimination evidence

By John Pring on 18th November 2021 Category: Employment

Council backs chief executive who lied to tribunal over discrimination evidence
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A council whose chief executive told a senior colleague with ADHD* that her brain “doesn’t work like other people’s” has been found guilty by a tribunal of disability discrimination and harassment. An employment tribunal heard how council boss Kim Smith also […]

TUC calls for action on home working for disabled people

By John Pring on 28th October 2021 Category: Employment

TUC calls for action on home working for disabled people
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The TUC is calling for action to make it easier for disabled people to work from home, after a huge majority of those who have done so during the pandemic said they wanted to continue being able to do so. A […]

New charter calls for ‘bold’ action from government on disability employment

By John Pring on 21st October 2021 Category: Employment

New charter calls for ‘bold’ action from government on disability employment
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Disabled people’s organisations and allies have joined together to issue a series of demands to the government that they believe would help to end employment discrimination against disabled people. The new Disability Employment Charter makes demands of the government in nine […]

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