Disability passports and adjustment plans: The top 5 things to do (and not do)

Tailored adjustments plans, disability plans, workplace adjustments plans – whatever you call them, they are a regular topic of discussion with our members across almost every sector. At our last Higher Education Network meeting, our Head of Policy and Research presented some findings about these types of plans and passports, along with five key common…

Progression: do your employees have careers, or do they just have jobs?

The Government has been putting more emphasis on access to employment – especially good quality, well-paid jobs. Encouragingly, the Government have acknowledged that making this happen for disabled people is crucial to building stronger economy overall.   The proof of the government plans announced in the Budget and Health and Disability White Paper will very much…

Better support for disabled people in work: will the government’s new plans deliver? 

Last Wednesday (15 March) saw both the Chancellor’s budget statement and the release of the Government’s ‘Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper’.  The Government’s focus , including in the White Paper, was very much on getting ‘back to work’. This meant getting more people into high quality jobs, especially those who are not…

The gap between language and data

Disability workforce reporting and how the number of disabled people in organisations is hardly ever accurately reflected in workforce data stays on our agenda. A recent article in Practice Business by the Head of Diversity and Inclusion at NHS Employers reflects on this issue; he sees the same thing happening in the NHS’ Workforce Disability…

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