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A recent research paper revealed that as many as 20% of people at work have difficulties because they are left handed.  You can read more about the research here. Is it a problem... well yes it is... "Left handers face real, practical challenges at work, from...

Hello, my name is Paul Minikin, lead audiologist at FM Hearing Systems (part of the Digital Hearing Care group of companies) and I'd like to tell you a little about a great range of technology called Phonak Roger. Silly name you're probably thinking, most people do...

In this Post I wanted to let you all know about Disability Adjustment Agreements, what they are, how they work and when should HR Professionals, Directors and Business Owners use them. First, Disability Adjustment Agreements are a means of formally noting 'reasonable...

At a recent Disability Confident Campaign Event HR Professionals were told to overcome their fear of discussing disability at interviews.  Having initially thought to myself, yes it is not just me saying this, Clare Churchard's article in People Management sets out...

I have come across this Welfare Reform Disability Event, which is looking at the impact of these changes in Devon.  Anne Marie-Morris, MP for Newton Abbot amongst other national experts will be looking at the recent welfare reforms and their impact on people with...

People with Disabilities just want to work I have just finished reading about the BBC's recent advert which they say is aimed at getting People with Disabilities to train as Weather Presenters. They have been attacked by some in the Equality & Diversity Sector and...

Research recently published jointly by the CIPD and the Agile Future Forum,  titled HR: Getting Smart About Agile Working, provides a good starting point.  In this Post, I am particularly interested in defining what is meant by agile working and considering the impact...

So far in our series on discrimination looks like in the workplace  we have looked at recruitment and the definition of discrimination itself. In today’s post we will look at what discrimination looks like in the workplace. Discrimination in the workplace, like most...

In my previous post, I looked at how to avoid discrimination when creating a job advertisement. It can be challenging to tackle the creation of job advertisements in a positive way if you are not careful.  Bearing in mind that the vast majority of employers do not set...

Recruitment is a complex and involving process, and it can take some time to get it right. Is it possible to discriminate in recruitment ads?  In addition, if you are running a small business, it can be a little daunting. You may know the kind of person you want for...

As if we needed yet more evidence that stress is one of the biggest problems in the modern workplace, here comes a study that makes a direct link between stress and disengagement from work. Disengagement, to put it bluntly, means employees finding it hard to be...

Since June 30th of this year, employees now have the right to ask for flexible working. This sounded great when it was announced, and there were many articles published all over the Internet and in the real world, all of them trumpeting a new era. This era was...