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Boards of biggest companies should appoint ‘disability champions’, says new report

By John Pring on 10th May 2018 Category: Employment

Boards of biggest companies should appoint ‘disability champions’, says new report
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Every one of the country’s biggest companies should ensure they have a “disability champion” on their board by 2020, according to a new report co-authored by a leading disabled social entrepreneur. The report also calls on the boards of Britain’s biggest […]

League table ‘would help government departments improve on assistive technology’

By John Pring on 19th April 2018 Category: Employment

League table ‘would help government departments improve on assistive technology’
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The government should set up a league table of its departments so it can compare their performance in enabling the use of assistive technology by disabled civil servants, a committee of MPs has suggested. The Commons work and pensions select committee […]

Government ‘must do more on disability employment’, MPs hear

By John Pring on 1st March 2018 Category: Employment

Government ‘must do more on disability employment’, MPs hear
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The government must do more to offer incentives to businesses to take on disabled people as employees, and to tackle the barriers that prevent them finding jobs, according to cross-party MPs. MPs from Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the SNP and the […]

Outrage after chancellor blames disabled people for UK’s economic woes

By John Pring on 7th December 2017 Category: Employment

Outrage after chancellor blames disabled people for UK’s economic woes
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The chancellor of the exchequer is facing calls to apologise after he made “disgraceful” comments that blamed disabled people for the country’s poor economic performance. Philip Hammond’s comments to the Treasury select committee yesterday (Wednesday) came just days after his government […]

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 […]

Senior civil servant admits draft industrial strategy failed on disability

By John Pring on 20th July 2017 Category: Employment

Senior civil servant admits draft industrial strategy failed on disability
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A senior civil servant has admitted to MPs and peers that the government’s industrial strategy will not be “fit for purpose” unless it corrects its failure to consider disability and other equality issues in a green paper it published in January. […]

Purple boss raises concerns over Disability Confident accreditation

By John Pring on 13th July 2017 Category: Employment

Purple boss raises concerns over Disability Confident accreditation
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New concerns have been raised about the government’s Disability Confident employment campaign, after a leading disabled social entrepreneur said that some businesses could be finding it easier than intended to secure the highest level of accreditation. Mike Adams, chief executive of […]

DWP declared a ‘leading’ Disability Confident employer, despite UN rights violations

By John Pring on 11th May 2017 Category: Employment

DWP declared a ‘leading’ Disability Confident employer, despite UN rights violations
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been declared a gold-standard employer of disabled people under its own much-criticised scheme, despite being found guilty of “grave or systematic violations” of the UN disability convention. DWP documents obtained by Disability News […]

‘Disability Confident’ advocacy charity ‘discriminated against disabled employee’

By John Pring on 30th March 2017 Category: Employment

‘Disability Confident’ advocacy charity ‘discriminated against disabled employee’
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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 […]

DWP admits most Disability Confident employers just skipped across from Two Ticks

By John Pring on 24th November 2016 Category: Employment

DWP admits most Disability Confident employers just skipped across from Two Ticks
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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. […]

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