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Two-thirds of workplace adjustments 'turned down'
18 November 2019 | News
... for disabled people. The report, Let's Be Reasonable: Disability Equality in the Workplace, which collated ... two-thirds didn't know that they could ask for paid disability leave (which is distinct from paid sick leave) and only 8% had been allowed disability leave as a reasonable adjustment. Two-thirds felt ...
Love it or hate it? Here’s your chance to Rate it!
04 December 2018 | News
... programme funded by The Big Lottery Fund About DRILL Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning ... by the Big Lottery Fund and is delivered in partnership by Disability Rights UK, Disability Action, Disability Wales and Inclusion Scotland. ...
EHRC reminds shops to comply with the Equality Act
08 September 2020 | News
... Act requires them not to discriminate on the basis of disability and to provide required reasonable adjustments. ... will take note. This year marks 25 years since the Disability Discrimination Act and it is hugely disappointing ...
MPs vote to postpone controversial cuts to ESA
16 November 2016 | News
... controversial cuts to ESA following warnings from the disability community. Original post Following a debate in ... This vote follows over a year of warnings from the disability community and MPs alike and an open letter from over 70 disability charities voicing concern at the devastating ...
DR UK invites Kate Green to visit FabLab
23 October 2014 | News
... of Breakthrough UK also joined the visit and we were shown by Dr Eddie Kirkby and Haydn Insley the lab’s laser ... expression but clearly only a hint of what’s possible. Disability Rights UK are currently recruiting disabled ... Allowance (DSA) and the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). Disability Rights UK will be following up the interest ...
BBC commits to improving inclusion in the workplace
06 November 2018 | News
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Disability is thrilled that, following an internal review ... recommendations include: Increasing the BBC’s target for disability in its workforce from 8% in 2020 to 12% in 2022; ... managers about the support each person needs; and Mandate disability awareness training for all team managers. At our ...
Education factsheet updates
20 September 2018 | News
... hours: 11am-1pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Email: students@disabilityrightsuk.org Education factsheet updates ...
Shaping Our Lives A Refuge for All Project and Findings Report
25 March 2019 | News
A Refuge for All is a project led by disabled women with experience of violence and abuse.
Shaping Our Lives A Refuge for All Project and Findings Report
DR UK criticises new WCA stats
26 January 2014 | News
DR UK and other Disability Charities criticise the Work Capability ... and March 2013, Philip Connolly, the policy manager for Disability Rights UK, said: “They are finding people fit ...
House of Lords vote to criminalise domestic abuse by carers
10 March 2021 | News
... as others. Baroness Campbell shared legal advice, which showed that excluding carers from the Bill would be ... the House of Lords to remember that anyone could experience disability and that everyone would benefit from this ... with the vote being 318 in favour and 234 against. Disability campaigners led by Stay Safe East, have worked ...