50% of unemployed men aged 50+ are out of work for at least a year
There were nearly 200,000 men aged 50 and older out of work between September and November 2021 – an increase of 24% in two years – and 50% of them...
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1/3 of people with a learning disability find it hard to apply for jobs
Less than 6% of people with a learning disability known to their local authority are in paid employment in comparison with 76% of the general population in paid work. This...
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Reasonable adjustments disability passport
New TUC analysis reveals 391,000 (one in 10) disabled people dropped out of work in the UK last year. A further 555,000 (one in seven) started work with a new...
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Disability and employment
There were an estimated 3.7 million people of working age (16-64) with disabilities in employment in January-March 2018, an employment rate of 50.7%. The rate for people without disabilities was 81.1%. 376,000 people with disabilities of...
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A bad job can be worse for your health than being unemployed
A new study has found that people employed in low-paying or highly stressful jobs may not actually be healthier than those who remain unemployed. The study by the University of Manchester...
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Halving the disability employment gap: vocational rehabilitation can help
Written evidence submitted by the Vocational Rehabilitation Association (July 2016) about how vocational rehabilitation can help in halving the disability employment gap. Executive Summary • Work is important for one’s...
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