MPs and campaigners convene to discuss the disability insecurity gap

With the cost-of-living crisis disproportionately impacting disabled workers, last month the Work Foundation convened leading policymakers and disability campaigners, including Sir Robert Buckland MP, Vicky Foxcroft MP and Fazilet Hadi of Disability Rights UK at the Disability Insecurity Gap webinar.

“I kept burning myself out over and over again” Why disabled people are more likely to be in insecure work

In a recent interview with Emma Tracey on the BBC Sounds podcast Access All: Disability News and Mental Health, which was organised by the Work Foundation, writer and blogger Pippa Stacey spoke about the challenges she faces due to her insecure work situation.

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Limiting Choices: Why people risk insecure work

Tuesday 12 September 2023 | 14:00 – 15.00

As the UK continues to face the biggest squeeze on living standards in decades, having access to a secure and well-paid job has never been more important.

New research from the Work Foundation, in partnership with UNISON, sheds light on the choices and experiences of those in insecure work, and the kinds of interventions that could support them into better paid, more secure jobs in the future.

Join the Work Foundation to explore new research looking at the reasons why some workers take on insecure roles and the interventions that could improve workers’ access to secure work, as well as improve the quality of insecure roles.

Confirmed speakers:

<![if !supportLists]>·       <![endif]>Rebecca Florisson (Principal Analyst, Work Foundation)

<![if !supportLists]>·       <![endif]>Donna Merriman-Rowe (National Secretary for UNISON in Business, Community and Environment)

<![if !supportLists]>·       <![endif]>Ben Harrison (Director, Work Foundation)

Register in advance for this webinar and a Zoom link will be sent 48 hours before the event.

Call for participants: Disabled Workers’ Survey

A nationwide survey has been launched by Lancaster University exploring disabled workers’ experiences of remote and hybrid working and whether employers’ hybrid working policies address the needs of disabled workers.

The two year project funded by The Nuffield Foundation is led by Dr Paula Holland from the Faculty of Health and Medicine with Rebecca Florisson of the Work Foundation, Dr Alison Collins from Manchester Metropolitan University and Jacqueline Winstanley of Universal Inclusion.

 The survey is open for completion by those who:

– Are aged 18 or older
– Identify as disabled and/or have a limiting long-term health condition
– Work in private/public/third sector organisations of varying sizes
– And have experiences of remote and/or hybrid working, regardless of present employment status.

Complete the survey here: https://lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_28ZzbrwyANSef0W…

We strongly encourage any and all those who fit this criteria to complete the survey, and/or share it with your own networks too: by participating, you are helping to identify how employers can make remote and hybrid working more inclusive of disabled workers’ needs. This is important to promote disabled workers’ recruitment, job retention and progression, and ensure that they are not left behind as the world of work continues to evolve and employers continue to make decisions now about future ways of working.

Thank you in advance for your support of this study, and we look forward to sharing the findings with you in due course!

Inflation rates drop, but pressures on insecure workers remain high

The latest ONS figures reveal that UK CPI inflation has fallen further than expected to 7.9% in June 2023. However, inflation rates remain high and insecure workers are feeling the squeeze from increased transportation, household and food costs. 

Read more here