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Business Disability Forum is launching a free online toolkit to help businesses support disabled colleagues and customers during the Covid-19 outbreak. 

In this morning’s updated guidance for Access to Work staff, we read that that ceiling cap for 2020-2021 will be increased from £59,200 to £60,700 as of 1 April 2020. Responding to this, Diane Lightfoot, CEO, Business Disability Forum has said:

We welcomed the consideration which had been given in today’s budget to the impact of the coronavirus on businesses and employees.

Business Disability Forum has published advice, today, on supporting disabled employees and disabled customers and clients, who may be affected by the Coronavirus. The non-profit organisation works with over 300 businesses and organisations, offering advice on issues affecting disabled people in the workplace and as consumers.

Responding to the launch of the Department of Transport’s ‘it’s everyone’s journey’ campaign and its Inclusive Transport Leaders Scheme today, Diane Lightfoot, CEO at Business Disability Forum, said: “We welcome the announcements from the Department of Transport today as positive indicators that the Government remains committed to delivering on its Inclusive Transport Strategy.

UK retailers could be missing out on online sales estimated at £17.1 billion a year according to research from disability consultancy Freeney Williams.

The Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI) has unveiled a prestigious new expert panel of judges for the recruitment industry’s only disability awards.

This Blue Monday (20 January) we’re marking the day by adding a new resource to our Mental Health Toolkit, exclusive to Members and Partners.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that in 2018 the median pay for non-disabled workers was £12.11 an hour, in comparison with £10.63 for disabled workers. Angela Matthews, head of policy and research shares her thoughts on the recent headlines around disability pay gap in Employee Benefits. This can be viewed at: employeebenefits.co.uk/angela-matthews-disability-gap/

Responding to comments made by the parliamentary candidate for Hastings and Rye on Friday in which she stated that people with learning disabilities should be paid less for their work, Diane Lightfoot, CEO, Business Disability Forum, said: