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I already have a job: Energy Limiting Chronic Illness (ELCI), social Inclusion, employment & Social Security
Centre for Welfare Reform report: I already have a job: Energy Limiting Chronic Illness (ELCI), Social Inclusion, Employment and Social Security. By Catherine Hale, Stef Benstead, Dr Kate Hardy and Dr Jo Ingold, April 2021 This report presents the … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Hale, Centre for Welfare Reform, disability, disability employment, Dr Jo Ingold, Dr Kate Hardy, ELCI, energy impairment, Energy Limiting Chronic Illness, Stef Benstead, Welfare reform
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NICE ME/CFS draft guideline: supporting people with ME/CFS in work, education & training
NICE ME/CFS draft guideline: supporting people with ME/CFS in work, education & training The draft NICE guideline is open for consultation until December 22nd 2020. Contact the helpline or use the contact form on this website with your comments … Continue reading
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Tagged children, disability employment, education, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, NICE guideline ME/CFS, reasonable adjustments
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Take part in a research project: health conditions & employment
Investigating the impact of health conditions on employees’ experiences of work – a research project You are invited to take part in a research project looking into the impact explore whether having a health condition affects people’s experiences at work. … Continue reading
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Tagged disability employment, Kings College Business school, Kings College London, research study, survey
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ME awareness – in the workplace
Explaining ME in the workplace Raising awareness of ME is always a good idea – yes? But is telling others about your experience of ME always a good idea? There are many creative ways to describe to friends and family … Continue reading
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Tagged disability employment, ME Awareness, reasonable adjustments
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Report recommends flexible hours for disabled people in the work place
Disability Rights UK blog post, 15 August 2017: Flexible hours would combat pay gap and increase disabled peoples job opportunities Offering flexible hours to all job applicants will help combat pay disparities and increase job opportunities for disabled people, according … Continue reading
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Tagged disability employment, EHRC, Equality and Human Rights Commission, flexible working, job-share
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Disability Discrimination Quiz
Do you have an impairment or long-term health condition? You might be experiencing discrimination at work without realising it. Find out if you might be experiencing disability discrimination at work and what to do about it with this quiz. It … Continue reading
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First Minister’s Question time addresses employment barriers for long term fluctuating conditions
National Assembly for Wales Recording of proceedings, 7 March 2017: 13:55 Mark Isherwood 3. Sut y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn helpu i leihau’r rhwystrau i gyflogaeth ar gyfer pobl sydd â chyflyrau iechyd hirdymor cyfnewidiol? OAQ(5)0481(FM) 3. How is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Carwyn Jones AM, disability employment, Mark Isherwood AM, Welsh Government
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UK government plans to help people with health conditions & disabilities into work need to improve
The UK Government green paper Work, Health and Disability: Improving Lives set out the government’s proposals on ways to halve the disability employment gap experienced by disabled people and people with long-term health conditions. The consultation closed on 17 Feb 2017. Interested … Continue reading
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Tagged Action for ME, disability employment, Disability news service, Disability Rights UK, Disability Wales, Green paper, Improving lives, South East Londond ME Support Group, Spartacus
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Take part in a survey of your experiences of benefits, WCA, getting support to work
Disability Wales request your help in responding to the DWP. That’s because the Department for Work and Pensions has produced a Green Paper, ‘Improving Lives: Work, Health and Disability’, which outlines the steps that it wants to take to halve … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefits, consultation, Department of Work and Pensions, disability employment, Disability Wales, DWP, Green paper, Improving lives
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Wales TUC & workplace diversity survey
The Wales Trades Union Congress (TUC) is investigating how Welsh employers meet the needs of a diverse workforce. Diversity is about recognising, valuing and taking account of people’s different backgrounds, abilities, knowledge, skills, and experiences, and encouraging and using those differences to … Continue reading
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Tagged disability, disability employment, diversity in the workplace, survey, Wales Trades Union Congress, Wales TUC
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