Workers are often punished for disability-related absences, with more discretion needed from employers and managers
disabled members
Gordon McKay also urges members to use ‘Grovember’ to continue to make the union stronger
UNISON’s disabled members are working hard to combat unfair treatment at work
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Holocaust Memorial Day helps us to remember the atrocities against minority groups including disabled people
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Last week at the Treasury select committee, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond MP answered a question about the cause of poor productivity by implying that the UK’s poor productivity levels were the result of disabled people in the workforce. He said: “It is almost certainly the case that by increasing participation in the workforce, […]
Proper funding is essential if disabled people are not to be sidelined, conference hears
UNISON disabled members’ conference hears challenge to ‘double efforts’ in the face of a chaotic and uncaring government