News and events - Disability at Work

New research by disability@work traces UK disability-related labour market inequality during the pandemic

Dec 9, 2021 | Policy, Research

As part of an ESRC funded research project within the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research (WISERD), Professor Melanie Jones documents higher COVID19-related work-related health and economic risks for disabled workers before the pandemic. However,...

Disability@Work co-found new Disability Employment Charter

Oct 27, 2021 | Policy

Disability@Work has joined forces with other leading disability organisations to launch a new Disability Employment Charter . The Charter makes nine key demands of the government to ‘level up’ on the employment disadvantage faced by disabled people, with several of...

Response to Work and Pensions Select Committee Inquiry Report on the Disability Employment Gap published July 30th

Aug 17, 2021 | Measurement and targets, Policy, Select Committees

Using research from disability@work, the Disability News Service conclude that “MPs and academics have dismissed claims by ministers in their new National Disability Strategy that the government has slashed the disability employment gap over the last seven years.”...

National Disability Strategy CP512 Published July 28th 2021

Aug 3, 2021 | Measurement and targets, Policy, Select Committees

The long-awaited National Disability Strategy (NDS) was finally published in July 2021. disability@work provide a reflection and a formal response to this set of proposals which will guide future disability policy, particularly in relation to employment.

Further interruption to national statistics on disability

Jun 11, 2021 | Measurement and targets

ONS has suspended estimates of the number of disabled people of working age from March 2020. Without these figures, we cannot track progress on the Government’s target on the number of disabled people into jobs. This is the second suspension of the series since the...

Disability@Work’s proposals for national strategy presented at APPG for Disability meeting

Jun 11, 2021 | APPG, Policy

At an All Party Parliamentary Group for Disability meeting in April 2021 chaired by Lord Shinkwin, Kim Hoque presented Disability@Work’s main policy proposals for the National Strategy for Disabled People regarding disability employment and pay gap reporting,...

PM promises ambitious and transformative National Strategy for Disabled People

Jun 11, 2021 | APPG, Policy

The APPG Disability drew on research from Disability@Work in an open letter to the Prime Minister in April 2020 seeking reassurance on protections for disabled people both during the Covid health crisis and in its economic aftermath. The Prime Minister’s letter in...

Professor Melanie Jones of Disability@Work gives evidence to the 2021 Work and Pensions inquiry into the disability employment gap

Jun 11, 2021 | Select Committees

In her evidence Melanie highlighted the weaknesses of the current government employment commitment to get 1 million more disabled people into work, the need to set a target for the disability employment gap, as well as the case for monitoring disability prevalence,...

Disability@Work write to Prime Minister calling for inclusion of robust disability employment proposals in the National Strategy for Disabled People

Jun 11, 2021 | Policy

In the wake of Disability@Work’s meeting with the Cabinet Office Disability Unit and DWP to discuss the National Strategy for Disabled People in February 2021, Disability@Work has written to the Prime Minister calling on him to consider Disability@Work’s proposals for...

Disability@Work meet with Cabinet Office and DWP Officials to discuss National Strategy for Disabled People

Jun 11, 2021 | APPG, Policy

Disability@Work held a meeting in February 2021 in collaboration with the All Party Parliamentary Group for Disability with the Cabinet Office Disability Unit and DWP officials to present its key proposals for the forthcoming National Strategy for Disabled People:...

Disability@Work research features heavily in landmark CSJ Disability Commission report

Jun 11, 2021 | Policy

The Centre For Social Justice Disability Commission, on which Disability@Work’s Kim Hoque is a Commissioner, has published a landmark report, entitled ‘Now is the Time’ which includes recommendations aimed at improving the employment prospects of disabled people...

Creating an inclusive employment future for disabled people

Jul 21, 2020 | Events

A wide-ranging discussion at the RSA online workshop on 16 June chaired by Liz Sayce was attended by disabilty@work with Melanie Jones presenting research on the impact of recession on work outcomes for disabled people. The debate covered action for employers: fair...