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  • Ministers have Abandoned their Disability Employment Gap Target

    28 November 2016

    Penny Mordaunt, the current minister for disabled people, has admitted that the government has abandoned its target to halve the disability employment gap by 2020, in a written answer to Labour MP Stephen Timms.

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  • #DisabilityWorks and the Government Green Paper Improving Lives: Work, Health and Disability

    24 November 2016

    Many top businesses see the value of employing disabled people in Sheffield, and Sheffield City Council are working with businesses in the city to help them recruit, train and develop disabled talent from across the region.

    The Disability Works Campaign is a partnership with The Sheffield Star, local businesses, Sheffield City Council, Jobcentre Plus and local disability organisations to provide tailored support to make it easy for employers to recruit disabled people.

    During the #Disability Works campaign Disability Sheffield intend to respond to the Government’s green paper and consultation, Improving Lives: Work, Health and Disability, which was launched at the end of October.

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  • Free Sheffield Seminar on Workplace Pension Changes

    24 October 2016

    If you employ a personal assistant and want to know more about the law on workplace pensions book now for the seminar on 29 November.

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  • Tell Your Story of Working with a Disability in Sheffield

    24 October 2016

    Do you have a disability and work? Do you employ someone with a disability? In a series of articles, the Sheffield Telegraph will tell the stories of workers and employers who see people for what they can do, and not what they can’t – so get in touch if you can help with their campaign.

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  • 1 In 10 Businesses Unable To Support Disabled Employees

    05 September 2016

    Employment specialists Reed in Partnership and Disability Rights UK have published a new report on Disability and Employment about the challenges disabled people face entering employment.

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  • The Health and Disability Employment Gap

    31 August 2016

    The government has outlined an aim to halve the disability employment gap. Citizens Advice have published the findings of their research into the employment gap concluding that people need more support from employers and the benefits system.

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  • APPG for Disability Inquiry into Halving the Disability Employment Gap

    10 June 2016

    The All Party Parliamentary Group for Disability invites written submissions to inform its inquiry into how the Government can fulfil its pledge to halve the disability employment gap. We would therefore like to ask disabled people to share their feelings and any personal stories of bearing the effects of unemployment or trying to stay in work. Please feel free to share them with us and let us know if you are happy to use them as examples in our response. We are happy to anonymise them if you would prefer.

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