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A consultation on Government measures to tackle discrimination against disabled people
- Author:
- ENABLE
- Publisher:
- ENABLE
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 102p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Consultation paper setting out Government proposals for dealing with discrimination against disabled people. Issues looked at include: discrimination in the labour market; building regulations; access to goods and services; financial services; and the Government's role. Also details proposals for setting up a new independent advisory body for disabled issues.
Managing disability in the workplace: ILO code of practice
- Author:
- INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE
- Publisher:
- International Labour Organisation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 41p.
- Place of publication:
- Geneva
Many persons with disabilities who want to work are not given the opportunity to do so. This code addresses this and other concerns while providing guidelines for employers in disability related issues in the workplace. The code covers work related and non work related disabilities and outlines the responsibilities for improving the employment prospects of people with disabilities particularly in the areas of recruitment, return to work, job retention and opportunities for advancement.
Past it at 40?: a grassroots view of ageism and discrimination in employment
- Author:
- GASTER Lucy
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 61p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This report provides new evidence that ageism and discrimination are having devastating effects on the lives of people as young as forty, with a cost to the economy of up to £31 billion per year. It explores, in detail, the experiences of people over forty trying to enter the labour market, including: people who have been made redundant; the longterm unemployed; women returners; people with disabilities; and people still in a job but needing new skills to keep going. Employers’ attitudes, policies and practices are examined, revealing a worrying lack of awareness of national and European legislation in relation to the employment of older people.
Employees with long term illnesses or disabilities in the UK social services workforce
- Author:
- McLEAN John
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 18(1), January 2003, pp.51-70.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Between 6% and 16% of the working age population have a long term illness or disability. 'Disability' is not consistently defined, however, and neither the distribution of disabled employees nor the nature of their disabilities is well documented. This paper presents the findings of a study of statutory social services employees in the UK and for the first time provides an estimate of the proportion of workers with long term illnesses or disabilities. Over a fifth had a self-reported long term illness or disability, 8% a condition which affected daily life. The distribution and nature of these, and the effects of gender, age, occupational categories, and work experience such as job satisfaction, stress and sick leave, are examined. Changes in legislation and the profile of the working age population are likely to increase the number of people with disabilities in work.
Employers' perceptions and practice in the employability of disabled people: a survey of companies in south east UK
- Author:
- STEVENS Geoff Ruggeri
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(7), December 2002, pp.779-796.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article reports a foundation survey of the extent of employment of disabled people in three sectors of industry--transportation, IT and financial services--in two UK counties, identifies which specific disabilities and limitations on personal skills are seen by employers as the greatest impediments to employment, proposes a new model for analysis by using a modification of established recording models and provides a springboard for further work. The survey reported here was based on structured interviews with personnel officers conducted by telephone.
Opportunity or exploitation?
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.3.99, 1999, p.27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Investigates the function of social firms in offering secure employment for people who are disadvantaged in the open labour market.
Rethinking youth transitions: policy transfer and new exclusions in New Labour's New Deal
- Author:
- FERGUSSON Ross
- Journal article citation:
- Policy Studies, 23(3/4), September 2002, pp.173-190.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The central argument of this paper is that the policies developed by New Labour to tackle social exclusion amongst young people in particular are aligned with US workfare policies. In being so aligned they disclose the neo-liberal 'drivers' of reform which mark New Labour's understanding of social exclusion as a distinct rupture with the European social exclusion tradition. Through reviews of the effects of welfare-to-work programmes, and of independent evaluations of the New Deal for Young People (NDYP), the paper suggests that its impact upon exclusion, even in its narrower senses, is limited. It goes on to query some fundamental assumptions about how young people are understood to make 'transitions' into financial independence as employees, looking both at persistent inequalities, notably of race, class and disability, and at new forms of inequality that depend, in much more complex ways, on how young people are able (or unable) to use their powers as students, part-time workers and members of social groups, to adapt to changing and highly locally variable market conditions. These trends, it is argued, may explain take-up and outcome patterns in NDYP. The paper concludes that there is a serious question as to whether it can ever 'lift' the most marginalized groups out of exclusion.
A critical evaluation of the contradictions for disabled workers arising from the emergence of the flexible Labour market in Britain
- Author:
- JOLLY Debbie
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 15(5), August 2000, pp.795-810.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In Britain, as in all industrialised countries 'paid work' or employment is central to the economy of the state. This perspective raises important implications for theories of disability and work, and for further research in this area. This article attempts to provide a critical evaluation of the contradictions arising from the flexible labour market for disabled workers and how the concept of the Disabled State has been eroded along with notions of disabled people as the 'deserving poor'. Policies now demonstrate a commitment to a labour market free from restrictive practices and regulation. It appears that new technologies and specific personal communication skills, initiative, flexibility and adaptability will play an increasing part in new labour working trends.
On the margins: disabled people's experience of employment in Donegal, West Ireland (1)
- Authors:
- KITCHIN Rob, SHIRLOW Peter, SHUTTLEWORTH Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 13(5), November 1998, pp.785-806.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Traditionally, studies of disabled people's access to the labour market have been largely restricted to labour market 'censuses', often conducted by government agencies, and econometric studies. This article explores disabled people's access to and experiences of employment in Donegal, West Ireland, using a qualitative approach. Twelve disabled people and four non-disabled helpers, divided into two focus groups, were interviewed using an in-depth, informal conversational strategy. Respondents identified a number of potential solutions which mainly focused around disability awareness, removing barriers to gaining employment and the implementation of stronger legislation. In the final section, the issues and solutions raised by disabled people are compared to those identified by non-disabled people, collected in a parallel study.