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Mystery over sudden leap in number of disabled people working at DWP

By John Pring on 31st October 2019 Category: Employment

Mystery over sudden leap in number of disabled people working at DWP
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The number of disabled people working in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has apparently leapt by nearly 50 per cent in just one year. The figures were published this month, as part of an annual report on Civil Service […]

‘Dismal’ job figures show failure of Disability Confident, says de Cordova

By John Pring on 10th October 2019 Category: Employment

‘Dismal’ job figures show failure of Disability Confident, says de Cordova
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The government’s much-criticised Disability Confident jobs scheme appears to be growing increasingly less successful at persuading employers to offer jobs to disabled people, according to new Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures. The figures, secured by Disability News Service (DNS) […]

DWP’s silence on its own annual progress report on disability… and its string of flops

By John Pring on 19th September 2019 Category: Politics

DWP’s silence on its own annual progress report on disability… and its string of flops
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The government’s own report on its progress in building an inclusive society for disabled people – and the string of failures included in the document – has been ignored by the disability minister, and his department’s press office. The policy paper […]

Mystery over sharp drop in disabled people’s unemployment rate

By John Pring on 15th August 2019 Category: Employment

Mystery over sharp drop in disabled people’s unemployment rate
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Striking – but unexplained – new official figures show there has been a large fall over the last year in the proportion of disabled people who are unemployed. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show that the percentage of disabled […]

Disabled DWP employee ‘attempted suicide over culture of workplace bullying’

By John Pring on 7th March 2019 Category: Employment

Disabled DWP employee ‘attempted suicide over culture of workplace bullying’
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A disabled employee of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) says he attempted to take his own life and experienced life-threatening physical health complications because of a culture of workplace bullying and discrimination. Paul* spoke out about his own experiences […]

Equality Act does not apply abroad, says British Council, after sacking disabled teacher

By John Pring on 7th March 2019 Category: Employment

Equality Act does not apply abroad, says British Council, after sacking disabled teacher
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The government-funded body that promotes the UK’s culture and education abroad has sacked a disabled teacher, despite its own internal investigation concluding that it failed to provide her with the reasonable adjustments she needed to do her job. The British Council, […]

Discrimination faced by disabled DWP staff leaps by half in four years

By John Pring on 28th February 2019 Category: Employment

Discrimination faced by disabled DWP staff leaps by half in four years
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The proportion of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff who say they have been victims of disability discrimination at work in the previous 12 months has risen by about 50 per cent in just four years, Civil Service figures have […]

‘Disability Confident’ Arts Council England’s job stats shame

By John Pring on 14th February 2019 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

‘Disability Confident’ Arts Council England’s job stats shame
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The Arts Council has admitted that only two per cent of its directors – and just three per cent of its managers – are disabled people, despite having achieved “Disability Confident Employer” status under the government’s discredited disability employment scheme. Arts […]

DWP admits failing to keep track of disability discrimination claims by its own staff

By John Pring on 30th November 2018 Category: Employment

DWP admits failing to keep track of disability discrimination claims by its own staff
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The government department responsible for running the Disability Confident employment scheme has admitted failing to keep track of how many complaints of disability discrimination are made by its own staff. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) repeatedly brags about its […]

Union backs claims of widespread discrimination by ‘hostile’ university

By John Pring on 16th August 2018 Category: Education

Union backs claims of widespread discrimination by ‘hostile’ university
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A “Disability Confident” university is facing claims that it forced a disabled member of staff to scour the campus for accessible rooms in which she could deliver her lectures. The University of Liverpool also told Dr Kay Inckle that it might […]

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