Less than half (40%) of employers offer physical health support when employees experience an injury, new illness or disability according to research from Group Risk Development (GRiD), an industry...
Understanding lived experience is vital. So when will we stop guessing and start learning from disabled talent?
Employers have a legal responsibility to bear the needs of neurodiverse employees in mind. Briony Richards, an associate at law firm Charles Russell Speechlys, sets out the key areas to consider.
Neurodivergent staff are at risk of falling off HR’s radar, according to new research, as a majority hide their condition from colleagues, and many feel unable to ask for adjustments at work.
The neurodiversity awareness movement has been in full swing for a few years now, and has revolutionised our understanding of individual differences at work.
To create truly inclusive workplaces, it’s time to revisit how we create and implement employment policy.
Unless the unintended consequences of AI-powered HR technology are urgently addressed, hundreds of millions worldwide face lifetimes of economic and societal exclusion.
Roughly 12 million people in the UK have hearing difficulties, according to the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID).
The government has jointly published its updated Disability Confident guide, to help managers support disabled people at work.
An employment tribunal has ruled that a Scottish government employee, whose flexible working request was denied, is classed as disabled under the Equality Act due to anxiety and fear of crowded...
Guest expert Joanne Smithson addresses how HR can improve the experience of employees working with a terminal illness, and their colleagues
‘Poor’ and ‘inconsistent’ were the two most common terms used by disabled employees who took part in our Great Big Workplace Adjustments Survey to describe their experiences of getting adjustments.