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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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Disability report calls on the Welsh Government to place a national focus on disability equality
Equality and Human Rights Commission press release, 3 April 2017: Disability progress ‘littered with missed opportunities and failures’ Progress towards real equality for disabled people over the past twenty years is insufficient and ‘littered with missed opportunities and failures’. That’s … Continue reading
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EHRC launches inquiry into accessible housing
Equality & Human Rights Commission announcement, 14 Dec 2016: Inquiry into housing for disabled people On 14 December 2016 the Commission launched a formal inquiry on housing for disabled people. It will look at whether the availability of accessible and … Continue reading
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Equality watchdog to mirror UN inquiry into DWP’s rights violations
Disability news service article by John Pring, April 7, 2016: Equality watchdog to mirror UN inquiry into DWP’s rights violations The equality watchdog is to commission a major piece of research into whether the government’s welfare reforms have harmed the human … Continue reading
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Tagged Disability news service, EHRC, Equality and Human Rights Commission, House of Lords, Iain Duncan Smith MP, John Pring, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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What are the main issues facing disabled people in the UK today?
A report has been published describing the progress being made to put the rights in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Disability Convention) into practice in the UK. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) … Continue reading
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Tagged Disability Convention, disabled people, EHRC, Equality and Human Rights Commission, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD
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Young people’s rights explained in plain English
A new online resource for children and young people – to learn about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has been launched. The Plain English factsheets and video animation will inspire young people (and others) to … Continue reading
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Tagged CRC, EHRC, Equality and Human Rights Commission, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
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‘Reasonable adjustments’ for disabled pupils in schools
The Equality and Human Rights Commission have published guides to the implementation of ‘reasonable adjustments’ in schools. The duty was first introduced under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. The reasonable adjustments duty under the Equality Act operates slightly differently and … Continue reading
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Tagged DDA, disability, Disability Discrimination Act, education, EHRC, Equality Act, Equality and Human Rights Commission, pupils, reasonable adjustments, schools, students, teachers
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