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DDA: Employment duties, two years on
- Author:
- MORTON Christina
- Journal article citation:
- Access by Design, 78, Spring 1999, pp.16-19.
- Publisher:
- Centre for Accessible Environments
Discusses how cases under Part II of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) relating to employers duties are now reaching the Employment Appeals tribunal, setting precedents which will have to be followed by employment tribunals throughout the UK. The author reviews some of the cases and identifies what tribunals might consider a 'reasonable adjustment' to be.
New deal for people who are disabled and long-term sick
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Welfare Rights Bulletin, 146, October 1998, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
The New Deal for disabled people is described briefly in CPAG's Jobseekers Allowance Handbook. This New Deal is still in the early stages of development. Outlines the legal changes intended to protect those who wish to take advantage of the scheme which were introduced in October 1998
A view from the inside track
- Author:
- BROMBERG Elaine
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntary Voice, 127, September 1998, pp.4-5.
- Publisher:
- London Voluntary Service Council
Workable was set up in 1990 by a consortium of voluntary organisations - including Scope, Barnardo's, the Royal National Institute for the Blind and many others - to promote employment and training opportunities for disabled people. The author describes its activities.
Power to people with disabilities: empowerment issues in employment programming
- Authors:
- NEATH Jeanne, SCHRINER Kay
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 13(2), April 1998, pp.217-228.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Argues that the view of employment which focuses exclusively or primarily on increasing the personal or individual power of people with disabilities violates the spirit of the disability rights movement, which is a political movement organising for social change. Examples of employment programmes based in power are described, including self-managed work crews and businesses owned and operated co-operatively by people with learning disabilities.
Ready, willing and able to work
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.1.98, 1998, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how disabled people want any review of their benefits to include the abolition of the 'all work test'.
Job coaching with a difference
- Author:
- QUINN Chris
- Journal article citation:
- ReHab NetWork, 52, Winter 1998, pp.5-7.
- Publisher:
- National Vocational Rehabilitation Association
This article describes the Glasgow City Council Job Coaching Service which aims to increase employment opportunities for disabled people.
Social security, disability and work
- Authors:
- ACHESON Nick, HAGAN Judith
- Journal article citation:
- Scope, November 1997, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
Looks at the benefits system for people with disabilities.
Investing in disabled people: a strategy from welfare to work
- Author:
- HOWARD Marilyn
- Publisher:
- Disablement Income Group
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 2 booklets in pack.
- Place of publication:
- London
Discusses and recommends options for eliminating the financial disincentives within the social security system which discourage disabled people wanting to work and creating instead the incentives which may encourage them back into employment.
Keys to the workplace: skills and supports for people with disabilities
- Authors:
- CALLAHAN Michael J., GARNER J. Bradley
- Publisher:
- Paul H. Brookes
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 290p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
Presents an easy to implement process for developing jobs for disabled people. Includes chapters on: the role of values in employment; individual planning; dynamic support; the role of families in the employment process; friendships, relationships and human nature; building a foundation for skills and supports; individualised job development; assessing and utilising the culture of workplaces to support employees with disabilities; strategies for organising information and collecting data; and strategies for motivating people.
Disability, benefits and employment: a report of research carried out by the Policy Studies Institute on behalf of the Department of Health; an evaluation of Disability Working Allowance
- Authors:
- ROWLINGSON Karen, BERTHOUD Richard
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 243p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report presenting the findings of research carried out as part of the Department of Social Security's evaluation of Disability Working Allowance (DWA), a cash benefit designed to help disabled people to work. The research used large scale surveys and qualitative interviews to analyse how far DWA is meeting its objectives. The role of DWA is explored against the background of the overall system of disability and incapacity benefits, and the wider labour marked experiences of disabled people.