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Crabb hints at lengthy delays to manifesto pledge on disability jobs gap

By John Pring on 12th May 2016 Category: Employment

Crabb hints at lengthy delays to manifesto pledge on disability jobs gap
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The new work and pensions secretary has suggested the government’s pledge to halve the disability employment gap will face lengthy delays, after he said he wanted to spend a “few years” testing how to achieve the target. Stephen Crabb, who was […]

Apprenticeship taskforce welcomed, despite concerns over membership

By John Pring on 12th May 2016 Category: Employment

Apprenticeship taskforce welcomed, despite concerns over membership
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Disabled campaigners are hoping a new government taskforce will lead to apprenticeships becoming more accessible to disabled people, despite concerns over who ministers will invite to take part. Three government departments announced this week that they have set up the short-term […]

Government ‘must see disabled people as innovators and contributors’

By John Pring on 14th April 2016 Category: Employment

Government ‘must see disabled people as innovators and contributors’
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Disabled entrepreneurs have told the government’s business department that it is not doing enough to make its programmes accessible. In a meeting of the all-party parliamentary disability group, a senior civil servant listened as disabled entrepreneurs lined up to express their […]

Life under Maximus for CQC’s service-user experts: Chaos, cuts and ‘playschool ID cards’

By John Pring on 25th February 2016 Category: Employment

Life under Maximus for CQC’s service-user experts: Chaos, cuts and ‘playschool ID cards’
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The care watchdog’s decision to ask a discredited US outsourcing giant to manage its disabled expert advisers has led to confusion, cutbacks and a stream of resignations, Disability News Service (DNS) has been told. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) decided earlier […]

Peer support for job-seekers ‘could prove as important as direct payments’

By John Pring on 18th February 2016 Category: Employment

Peer support for job-seekers ‘could prove as important as direct payments’
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The use of peer support to help disabled people into sustainable jobs could prove as important in promoting independent living as the development of direct payments, according to a leading figure in the disability movement. Andy Rickell (pictured), a former chief […]

Discrimination against disabled staff shoots up at DWP, the home of ‘Disability Confident’

By John Pring on 4th February 2016 Category: Employment

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The number of disabled civil servants who have faced discrimination within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has risen by nearly a quarter in just a year, according to “shocking” and “very worrying” new figures. More than 1, 400 disabled […]

Care watchdog to subsidise Maximus plans to halve pay of disabled experts

By John Pring on 28th January 2016 Category: Employment

Care watchdog to subsidise Maximus plans to halve pay of disabled experts
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The care watchdog wants to use government funds to subsidise a discredited US outsourcing giant’s plans to slash the pay of disabled expert advisors by more than half. Two of three new contracts to run the Experts by Experience (EbE) programme […]

DWP refuses to back down over annual disability employment report

By John Pring on 28th January 2016 Category: Employment

DWP refuses to back down over annual disability employment report
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A disabled peer has failed to persuade the government to publish an annual report on progress towards its target of halving the disability employment gap. Baroness [Jane] Campbell had proposed an amendment to the government’s welfare reform and work bill during […]

Disabled bouncer barred from job over ‘discriminatory’ new industry rules

By John Pring on 21st January 2016 Category: Employment

Disabled bouncer barred from job over ‘discriminatory’ new industry rules
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By Raya Al Jadir The only wheelchair-user to secure accreditation as a nightclub bouncer is fighting “discriminatory” new rules that have led to the loss of his licence, just as he is being recognised for three decades of community service. John […]

Maximus-owned Remploy slashes pay of disabled experts by half

By John Pring on 14th January 2016 Category: Employment

Maximus-owned Remploy slashes pay of disabled experts by half
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The care watchdog has allowed a US outsourcing giant to slash the pay of disabled people by more than half when it takes over two contracts to manage service-users who work as expert advisers on care home and hospital inspections. Two […]

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