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‘Discrimination’ by DWP’s IT company ‘exposed disabled employee to months of abuse’

By John Pring on 21st June 2018 Category: Employment

‘Discrimination’ by DWP’s IT company ‘exposed disabled employee to months of abuse’
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A “Disability Confident” company owned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) subjected a disabled member of staff to repeated abuse from strangers after it refused for more than 15 months to make a simple alteration to his parking arrangements. […]

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

By John Pring on 28th September 2017 Category: Employment

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 […]

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