Disability

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An employer’s duty when staff returns after a cancer diagnosis.

Disability, Employee Engagement, Health, Safety & Wellbeing

8 May 2024

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12 December 2023

Employers need to mind the gaps in disability reporting

Although half of employers do not report on the number of people they employ with disabilities, over two-thirds (68%) agree that transparency on disability reporting...

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20 November 2023

Employers must engage with the “invisible” talent pool

New report reveals how UK employers can engage the nation’s invisible talent pool. Findings highlight how to remove barriers to work for growing number of...

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28 October 2023

Disability still holds people back in the workplace

A new report from the Reward and Employee Benefits Association (REBA) in association with healthcare provider Bupa, has found that disability is still a barrier...

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15 September 2023

Employers risk breaching Equality Act over cannabis patients

Entitled ‘The Use of Prescription Cannabis at Work’, the report calls on employers to treat prescription cannabis patients like any other medical patients, and to...

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4 August 2023

New Ceo Katy Talikowska to lead the Valuable 500

The Valuable 500 announced the appointment of Katy Talikowska as its new CEO. With an impressive track record leading on inclusion in the advertising industry,...

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25 June 2023

Workplaces are still not inclusive

Business Disability Forum (BDF) has published one of the most comprehensive pieces of research ever conducted into the workplace experiences of disabled people and people...

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What to do is a new employee discloses a disability which impacts their role

Disability

7 June 2023

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15 February 2023

Not every disability is visible

n the UK alone, 1 in 5 people has a disability, with 80% of those having an invisible disability[i]. These could include autism spectrum disorder,...

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15 December 2022

Government’s new employee disability service “short-sighted”

In response to the government’s 2019 consultation, ‘Health is everyone’s business’, in which employers asked for joined-up advice on supporting health in the workplace, the...

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9 December 2022

Employees avoid telling employers about less visible disabilities

Nearly a quarter of those with invisible or less visible disabilities haven’t told their employer about their condition due to worries that they wouldn’t be...

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Businesses urged to remove disability employment barriers

Disability

19 July 2022

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