Angela Matthews, Director of Policy and Research here at BDF, assesses the Bill presented in the King’s Speech yesterday which could see disability pay gap reporting become mandatory for employers who employ over 250 employees. In the King’s Speech (17 July 2024), measures to introduce disability pay gap reporting for employers with over 250 employees…
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…
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…
Two significant new acts have come into force for employers and employees in the UK. One is The Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023; the other is The Carer’s Leave Act 2023. We responded to the Government consultations on both pieces of legislation, drawing on the views of our Members and Partners. For this blog,…
Last week saw the publication of the UK government’s Disability Action Plan. The purpose of the Disability Action Plan was to provide short-term measures that the government can achieve during 2024, in the run up to the next general election. The government has stated that the Disability Action Plan and the longer-term National Disability Strategy…
The focus of today’s (22 November) Autumn Statement was very much growth, with no less than 110 measures announced – though the Chancellor jokingly reassured the Commons that he wasn’t going to go through every single one. A key theme was capitalising on better-than-expected economic figures, with National Insurance reductions, measures to tackle barriers to…
This week is Occupational Health Awareness Week and to mark it, we want to support employers to start a discussion about their use of occupational health for their workforce. Back in June, we published The Great Big Workplace Adjustments Survey 2023, sponsored by Microlink, which included feedback from managers and employees with disabilities and long-term…
With the Carer’s Leave Act 2023 receiving Royal Assent, working carers will soon be entitled to one week’s unpaid leave per year for caring responsibilities. Employees can take this leave with some flexibility, using bits of their entitlement through the year when they need to, in increments of full or half days. These are intended…
BBC’s Panorama documentary about private ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) clinics caused some controversy in recent weeks by looking at the issue of whether ADHD was over- or mis-diagnosed, prompting a storm of debate in the press and on social media. For some, it reinforced the misguided narrative that ADHD has become a kind of…
The popularity of chatbots has once again put artificial intelligence (AI) in the spotlight, not least because of the many challenges the technology poses for organisations. One aspect that is too often overlooked is the role AI can play in inclusion – or exclusion. How do we ensure that AI doesn’t replicate or intensify barriers…
The extra costs of being disabled are many and diverse. Scope calls this the Disability Price Tag, and their latest findings are that disabled people’s households need an additional £975 a month to have the same standard of living as non-disabled households. Earlier this year, Angela Matthews, Head of Policy and Research at Business Disability…
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