A disability charity that has signed up to the government’s Disability Confident scheme for employers has been forced to pay more than £3,000 to a disabled woman who claimed she was discriminated against and unfairly dismissed. Tmara Senior (pictured) worked for […]
Employment
Green paper was missed opportunity to dump biopsychosocial model, says DPO
No chance of halving employment gap without tackling independent living, says DPO
Spartacus exposes work and health green paper ‘smokescreen’
Campaigners have published a withering 237-page attack on the government’s work, health and disability green paper, accusing ministers of creating a “smokescreen” to disguise their intention to cut support and force sick and disabled people into inappropriate work. The response from […]
G4S, Maximus and ‘A4E’ all set to win contracts under Work and Health Programme
Self-employment can provide choice and control for disabled people, MPs hear
Fresh anger over Mind’s government links as Farmer heads new review
Disabled people face institutional disablism from employers, says damning report
Mordaunt misleads MPs over Tory disability employment gap target
DWP admits most Disability Confident employers just skipped across from Two Ticks
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted flooding its under-fire Disability Confident scheme with hundreds of employers from the hugely-discredited disability employment programme it is replacing. The revelation is yet another blow to the credibility of the newly-relaunched scheme. […]