Managing cancer in the workplace: HR's role

A well-attuned HR team and supportive work family can make all the difference in helping vulnerable individuals stay in employment and ease back into work following treatment

Six things to remember about obesity

Estimates indicate that one in four adults are obese, so employers can't escape managing obesity in the workplace

Organisational awareness of disability passports low

Research has found that firms are struggling to implement these records of reasonable adjustments

Quarter of firms have never interviewed a disabled person

More than half (52%) of HR leaders incorrectly believe the main reason disabled people don’t get jobs is because they lack the right skills or qualifications, according to Scope

Disabled choosing self-employment for better working conditions

?More disabled people are choosing self-employment but are being let down by poor support from the government, according to new research from IPSE

People with dementia can continue to work

People diagnosed with dementia are being “shown the door” when simple changes could enable them to carry on in the workplace

Publish disability figures, urges charity

Scope is calling on other organisations to join it in reporting disability figures, so that employees can get the workplace support they need

Disability discrimination claims soar

The number of disability discrimination claims at employment tribunals has risen 37% in the past year, according to law firm Fox & Partners

Disability at work: The majority “silence” the needs of the minority

A panel at a Business Disability Forum conference spoke of the need to break down the taboos around different conditions

Discrimination and mental health issues rife in tech

High levels of discrimination based on gender, ethnicity and neurodiversity persist in the technology sector, according to research

Firms must tackle modern slavery to win public contracts

Organisations must do more to help improve society such as employing a diverse workforce and tackling modern slavery if they want to win public sector contracts, the UK government will announce today

Government's disabled worker targets: Experts respond

Amber Rudd's plans to change the benefits system and get more disabled people into work have received a mixed response