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

Disabled people frozen out of work

Almost three-quarters (73%) of disabled workers in the UK have stopped working because of a disability or health condition, according to disability charity Leonard Cheshire

Jess Phillips: Policies for women at work are stuck in the 1950s

We must end outdated employment practices that disadvantage women, said Labour MP and co-chair of the Women and Work All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Jess Phillips at the launch of a new report

Few understand what the EHRC does

Both employees and employers are in the dark about what the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) does, according to the Business Disability Forum (BDF)

Employment minister: Poor progress for workers with disabilities

Speakers at a Resolution Foundation event said that more must be done to boost the number of people with disabilities in the workplace