A disabled lawyer who was rejected from a job after disclosing her disability has won £23,000 from an employment tribunal.

The UK government has pledged £7.6m in funding to local authorities to help autistic adults get into work, after reaching its target for disabled people in work.

The government's National Disability Strategy, which hit its first anniversary this week, has so far failed to positively impact the lives of disabled workers across the UK.

Disabled men are more likely to be unemployed than non-disabled men, disabled women and non-disabled women in the UK.

Disabled employees are concerned they will lose out on opportunities at work due to working remotely.

An employee with long Covid has won an employment tribunal for unfair dismissal, becoming the first person to successfully claim that the condition should be classed as a disability.

Women, disabled workers, ethnic minorities and young workers have been disproportionately affected by insecure employment over the last 20 years.

Companies, and society in general, are perceiving disabled workers in terms of what they can't do rather than looking at their potential.

Disabled workers are hiding their conditions in the workplace over fear for their career progression.

The UK government has exceeded targets to see a million more disabled people in work five years ahead of schedule, yet campaigners warn of the underlying disability employment gap. 

As businesses of all stripes seek to widen their diversity of talent, apprenticeships are proving a useful and practical means of bringing those with disabilities into the workforce.

New data has revealed the gap in median pay between disabled employees and non-disabled employees improved marginally between 2019-21, but is still worse than it was in 2014 – and significant pay gaps...