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Disability at work

22 May 2017

  • General Election 2017<br>RETRANSMISSION ADDING IDENTITY OF WOMAN ON THE LEFT Prime Minister Theresa May meets Cathy Mohan at Abingdon market in Oxfordshire during an General Election campaign visit. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday May 15, 2017. See PA story ELECTION stories. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

    'Cruel and humiliating': why fit-for-work tests are failing people with disabilities

    Kathy’s confrontation highlights the flawed way we allocate benefits and assess whether people with disabilities are fit-for-work

8 May 2017

  • digital illustration of a neuron

    Looking for work with a learning disability: 'You feel like a failure'

    Lack of support at work is a huge issue for disabled people, but for people with neurological disabilities it’s a real battle to even get hired

25 February 2017

  • Two people whispering

    'My boss called me a hypochondriac' – your stories of working with disabilities

    Guardian readers and Charlotte Seager
    Over 53% of disabled people have experienced harassment at work. We asked readers if being disabled has affected their career

24 February 2017

  • Man touching his throat

    I'm disabled and in my 50s – the fear that I won’t find a job is paralysing

    Anonymous
    I’m not bothered that larynx and face spasms make it difficult for me to speak – but I’m exhausted by the problems it causes

23 February 2017

  • Disabled People Against Cuts hold a day of action against Maximus in London 2015. Maximus are due to carry out assessments on sick and disabled people on their capabilities to work. Protestors are concerned that many claimants will be wrongly found fit for work and lose their benefits.

    The truth behind rising disabled employment: cuts, death and zero-hour contracts

    The disability employment gap is narrowing, but this is against a backdrop of sanctions, funding cuts and insecure employment

22 February 2017

  • Hands typing on a Braille keyboard

    Disability discrimination: your legal rights

    What qualifies as disability? And what legal protection do people who experience discrimination at work have under the Equality Act?

21 February 2017

  • Young stressed businesswoman sitting in front of laptop and holding her neck with pained expression.

    Hidden disabilities at work: 'Every day I'm fatigued and in pain'

    People with invisible disabilities face a daily dilemma of whether to conceal or reveal their conditions to colleagues

20 February 2017

  • Fewer than five in 10 disabled people are in employment, compared with 8 in 10 non-disabled people.

    Has being disabled affected your career? Share your stories

    Have you struggled to find or secure work because of your disability? Does your employer offer the support you need? We want to hear from you

19 February 2017

  • Young disabled woman in a wheelchair working filing documents in a modern office.

    How to cope with disability at work – live chat

    If you need advice on disability in the workplace, join our panel of experts on Wednesday 22 February from 1pm–2.30pm GMT
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