Scenario: Peter arrives for his first day at work with his Alsatian Emotional Support Dog. On seeing the dog, team member Nick becomes upset and locks himself in a toilet, only emerging when the dog has gone. As a child Nick was bitten by an Alsatian. He has a phobia of all dogs, but especially…
At Business Disability Forum (BDF) we have been considering everything our Members and Partners, and disabled people working with them, will need from a future Government to expand disability inclusion even further, in their own organisations as well as in society. We have identified the 5 key strategies from a future Government to allow this…
Business Disability Forum launched its manifesto today (13 June) calling for the future Government to implement a UK wide disability, health and employment strategy. The manifesto for a disability inclusive UK sets out five key strategies for creating better experiences and opportunities for disabled people in the workplace, as customers and in society in general….
Business Disability Forum launched its manifesto today (13 June) setting out five key strategies for creating better experiences and opportunities for disabled people in the workplace, as customers and in society. Diane Lightfoot, CEO of Business Disability Forum, said: “Disability can and does affect everyone, either through personal experience or through the people we know….
A free online resource to help businesses meet the needs of disabled people around technology was launched by Business Disability Forum today (20 May). The Technology Toolkit provides practical advice and strategies for employers and businesses on how to introduce inclusive technology into their existing systems and to design with inclusion in mind. The toolkit…
Lucy Ruck, Business Disability Forum’s Technology Taskforce lead, tells us how our new free Technology Toolkit can support you. Technology can be a vital tool in increasing productivity and making your products and services more accessible for everyone, but particularly disabled employees and customers. But tech introduced in isolation, without first considering the needs of…
Unless they look like this. Then you might have a clue. On Mental Health Awareness week this year I posted this selfie on LinkedIn in order to start a conversation. I figured it was time to be honest and talk about my other long term health condition; the one I waft away, or neglect to…
Many employers might be looking at ways to improve their employees’ mental health and wellbeing for Mental Health Awareness Week this week (13-19 May). For those with responsibility for the mental health and wellbeing of employees, it might be tempting to view employee mental health as something that can be definitively improved or ‘fixed’. Especially…
Rebecca Elliott, Disability Business Partner at Business Disability Forum, looks back on the Disability Smart Awards Ceremony 2024, in partnership with Bloomberg, on 30 April. Stories connect people, and people connect with stories. Now in its tenth year, the Disability Smart Awards are all about celebrating the stories of those incredible individuals and organisations who…
Winners of Business Disability Forum’s Disability Smart Awards 2024 were announced at a ceremony in London last night (30 April), hosted in partnership with Bloomberg. Ten organisations and individuals won Disability Smart Awards this year. A further seven were awarded ‘Highly Commended’ status. Now in its tenth year, the Disability Smart Awards is an annual…
The Carer’s Leave Act 2023 came into force on 6 April, on the same day as the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023. We’ve covered the Flexible Working Act 2023 act in a previous blog, so today we’ll examine the Carer’s Leave Act 2023 and what it means for employees and employers. The Government first…
Talk to any number of employees about their work arrangements, and you will very often hear “We have flexible working here.” Many are often only talking about having the option to change one thing or another about their jobs – being able to work from home, for example. But flexible working can mean many different…
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