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Presenteeism: UK’s Working-While-Sick Epidemic
08 August 2024 | News
... (IPPR) finds that the cost of “presenteeism” – detrimentally working through sickness – grew by £25 billion ... rights in an unequal environment. “What the IPPR report shows is consequences of employers poor practices in relation ... to caring for the health of their to their workers, so much so that they feel pressurised to work while ill.” The ...
Our attendance allowance information has been updated
29 August 2018 | News
... Our information covers: Who can get attendance allowance? How much is attendance allowance? How do I claim attendance allowance? Going into hospital ...
Highly unlikely that 69 suicide cases DWP has investigated in the past six years represents the number of cases it could have investigated
06 February 2020 | News
... providers, doctors and the police; and the Department does not have a robust record of cases investigated before ... were the cause of the suicide, but instead scrutinise departmental processes and “identify recommendations for change ... , leaving him without any income. "This new NAO briefing shows yet again that the DWP is failing in its safeguarding ...
Scots to administer new NI ILF scheme
19 May 2015 | News
... in principle, that the Scottish Government will administer payments to Independent Living Fund (ILF) recipients in ... the closure of the ILF Following a public consultation on how ILF users in Northern Ireland would be best supported ... the NI Government to create an ILF “successor body”. NI Health Minister Simon Hamilton has announced: "I have ...
The Universal Credit and PIP Bill: Our Concerns
20 June 2025 | News
... the Government's Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill. In defending the Green Paper proposals, Liz ... transitional cover as ‘one of the most generous ever’ . However, this cover compares poorly with the equivalent ... short-term assistance, which allows payments of Scottish disability benefits to continue at the rate of the earlier ...
MP Calls for Disabled Inclusive Business Industrial Strategy
26 October 2017 | News
... from all backgrounds. People who have disabilities have as much to offer as someone without a disability. We should treat them as such and our policies ...
No Voice Unheard, No Rights Ignored response
17 November 2015 | News
Government responds to the Department of Health consultation: ‘No Voice Unheard, No Rights ... services to people with learning disabilities, autism or mental health conditions In our response to the consultation we ...
90 year old unlawfully deprived of liberty
22 January 2015 | News
... in breaching man's human rights and failing to comply with Mental Capacity Act, says judge In May 2013, Essex Council ... moved a 90 year old man, who has dementia and other health problems, into a care home against his wishes. The ... of the Mental Capacity Act. See more about this decision Disability Rights UK has previously expressed concerns ...
Academy trust to bus disabled children to poorer school
30 May 2016 | News
... because of ‘limited resources’. Read Guardian article Disability Rights UK says: “Disabled students should have as much say over which school they go to as non-disabled ...
Court hears disabled activist’s challenge to ‘cataclysmic’ cuts to out-of-work disability benefits
17 December 2024 | News
... court in London heard a legal challenge that aims to expose how the last Conservative government used a “sham ... to try to push through “cataclysmic” cuts to disability benefits of nearly £3 billion over four years. ... make the same overall level of savings but has yet to say how it will do this and if it will implement the WCA cuts. ...