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Government Consultation on Measures to Reduce Health Related Job Loss
28 August 2019 | News
The Government has published Health is everyone’s business , a public consultation ... workplace modifications; Reforming of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) so that it is better enforced, more flexible, and ... to understand the implications of any reforms and how any potential changes can be best implemented in the ...
Human Rights Act 1998
07 October 2022 | Resource
Contents What is the Human Rights Act What does the European Court of Human Rights do? Key Articles and ... up to three months. When you use the HRA you will need to show which part of the convention has been breached and be ... was taken away from people detained under Section 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983. In other words, this differed from ...
Work and Pensions Secretary told to urgently increase the financial support paid to unpaid carers
01 July 2020 | News
... the vital role that unpaid carers play, and to put in place much needed financial support for carers who remain essential in supporting the health and care systems we all depend on. It is time we made ... to press for £20 week increase to ESA available from disabilityrightsuk.org Work and Pensions Secretary told to ...
Children's Commissioner calls for improved SEND provision
16 September 2022 | News
... Commissioner website . The Commissioner states how barriers to support include children not being ... less likely to be in work, and - on average - have much lower earnings 15 years after Key Stage 4. One ... for greater consistentency in the delivery of Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), alongside a full list of ...
Vince Cable visits disability entrepreneurs
07 July 2014 | News
Dr Vince Cable to examine disability entrepreneurship in visit to leading university ... and its value to the UK economy. The laboratory showcases cutting edge technology in enabling disabled people ... They contributed some £16 billion as individual tax payers in 2010. Their spending power was estimated by the ...
DSA guidance: Our response
15 January 2015 | News
Response to the guidance on Disabled Student Allowance from Disability Rights UK Introduction Disability Rights UK is a ... that upon visiting the web link the invitation to comment does not include the policy itself or whether there are ... like to learn who has been notified of this opportunity and how the views of disabled students themselves have been ...
Disabled people deserve better support for work schemes
03 March 2013 | News
... least three months over the first year. The figures also show that, of the 55,000 people using Work Choice in the last ... support, for instance with people with serious mental health problems (who face the very greatest barriers to ...
High Court rules mandatory reconsideration requirement for ESA claimants unlawful
10 August 2020 | News
... with respect to ESA claimants who meet the conditions for payment while an appeal is pending. When someone makes a ... claimant has a right of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal. However, the effect of regulation 3ZA of the Social Security ... and Appeals) Regulations 1999 is that the right of appeal does not arise until the Secretary of State has had the ...
Into Apprenticeships, Traineeships, and Supported Internships seminar report
14 February 2018 | News
... Kamran also highlighted the work Disability Rights UK does including information to students through their ... managing directors at L’Oréal and other areas such as Health and Safety, reception and the post room. “I felt ... Lead, DWP, talked about the Access to Work scheme and how it can provide help with additional costs and for ...
Universal Credit will hit 1.9 million by over £1,000 per year with disabled people worst affected
23 April 2019 | News
... living activities such as preparing food - can receive as much as £2,230 per year less in universal credit than they ... would have under the previous system; Others - those whose health is not deemed to affect their basic living activities ... losses do turn out to be temporary for those concerned. However, even when measuring people’s incomes over ...