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Inclusion London responded to the consultation on enforcement of employment rights recommendations from the Taylor review.

Disabled workers are earning significantly less on average than non-disabled people, and the gap has been widening, a TUC meeting heard this week.

The event, held to mark UK Disability History Month, examined the extent of the “exclusion and devaluing” of disabled workers, and the wider impact of the cost-of-living crisis on disabled people.

Many resources and guidelines produced by the TUC about disability in the workplace.

Disability discrimination is when you are treated less well or put at a disadvantage for a reason that relates to your disability in one of the situations covered by the Equality Act. This page from the Equality and Human Rights Commission is very informative.

This guidance covers what you can do if you believe you have been unlawfully discriminated against in a work situation:

by your employer
by a worker employed by them or their agent
when have applied for a job (or been stopped from applying)

Read all pages in this guide before you decide what to do, so you know all the options you have.

When the Equalities Act received Royal Assent in April 2010, it was a moment to celebrate. However, getting the legislation onto the statute books was not an end in itself. What matters is that it should lead to real change: more responsible behaviour from companies, more thoughtful planning of public services and, above all, greater confidence that people will be treated fairly as they go about their everyday lives.

The NEU’s The Full Story resources for early years and primary age children aim to promote disability inclusion through reading; while the union’s disability equality toolkit is designed to be used by NEU workplace reps to support disabled members. Here are five actions you…