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Guidance ‘will boost confidence’ of employers who want to recruit disabled people

By John Pring on 8th June 2023 Category: Employment

Guidance ‘will boost confidence’ of employers who want to recruit disabled people
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New guidance that stresses that employers are allowed to reserve jobs for disabled people should help narrow the disability employment gap, say the disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) that asked for the legal advice to be published. Inclusion Barnet’s chief executive, Caroline […]

DWP to pay £500,000 to disabled civil servant it drove to suicide attempt

By John Pring on 3rd November 2022 Category: Employment

DWP to pay £500,000 to disabled civil servant it drove to suicide attempt
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A disabled civil servant who was driven to try to take his own life by years of harassment, bullying and discrimination by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will eventually receive more than £500,000 in compensation. John Williamson (pictured), from […]

Watchdog marks UN day by announcing assault on ‘virus of social isolation’

By John Pring on 4th December 2015 Category: Human Rights

Watchdog marks UN day by announcing assault on ‘virus of social isolation’
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The equality watchdog has marked the UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) by announcing national summits in England, Wales and Scotland to address the “virus of social isolation” faced by growing numbers of disabled and older people. In a […]

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