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ESA claimants set for leap ‘from frying-pan into fire’ as Maximus wins WCA contract

By John Pring on 31st October 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

ESA claimants set for leap ‘from frying-pan into fire’ as Maximus wins WCA contract
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The government has sparked fury after appointing a US company with a lengthy record of discrimination, incompetence and alleged fraud to take over delivery of its controversial “fitness for work” tests from the much-criticised Atos Healthcare. Disability News Service (DNS) revealed […]

Access to Work crisis: Shock government request to employers

By John Pring on 31st October 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Employment, News Archive

Access to Work crisis: Shock government request to employers
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The government has resorted to asking employers to move Deaf members of staff to jobs that require less use of interpreters, according to campaigners protesting about the coalition’s changes and cuts to the troubled Access to Work (AtW) scheme. Members of […]

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