Equality and Human Rights Commission replaced three long-serving commissions: the Disability Rights Commission (DRC), the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) and the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC).
The Equality and Human Rights Commission continues the work that the previous three commissions started, but also includes other aspects of equality such as age, sexual orientation and religion or belief, as well as human rights. Using Your Rights on the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s website, aims to assist you to decide whether to take a claim to court, or to try to resolve things informally..
Employers' Forum on Disability is a membership organisation of employers focused on disability in the workplace.
Employ ability was a Department for Work and Pensions campaign aimed at managers. The campaign emphasised the skills and talents disabled workers and those with long-term health conditions can bring to workplaces, aimed to help managers feel more confident about recruiting and retaining disabled people, and gave practical information.
ACAS provide an advisory, conciliation and arbitration service for employees and employers. Their website gives information on employment law and equal opportunities.
Business Link is a business support, advice and information service. Lots of info online, including resources on recruiting and employing disabled people.
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce is the largest Chamber of Commerce in the UK with over 5,000 members.They provide business support to companies of all shapes and sizes through a range of sector-based membership services and networking opportunities, specifically tailored to meet the needs of business.
Association of Disabled Professionals (ADP) is a membership organisation aiming, amongst other things, to improve the education, rehabilitation, training and employment opportunities available to disabled people, and to influence parliament.
Greater Manchester Pay and Employment Rights Advice Service exists to improve worker's conditions by providing employment rights advice to people experiencing problems at work, representing the interests of low-paid workers in debate on social and economic policies, and promoting greater public awareness of poverty and injustice. They have a range of factsheets on employment rights available online.
Disabled Worker's Co-operative is a not-for-profit organisation that is creating an online database of the skills, products and services that disabled people have to offer. Registration on the database is free. They also have an e-jobs portal for disabled jobseekers.
Health and Safety for Disabled People and Their Employers was developed jointly by the Health and Safety Executive and the former Disability Rights Commission. It promotes good practice in disability equality at work and health and safety risk assessment.
Point of Diagnosis has been set up by organisations working with people with HIV, cancer and multiple sclerosis (MS). On the 5th December 2005 it became illegal for employers and service providers to discriminate against people with these conditions from the point of diagnosis. The website is supported by the Department for Work and Pensions and explains people’s rights under the new law.
Directgov Jobseekers is a government website giving jobs and careers information from Jobcentre Plus. Search the site for local opportunities.
HRZone is an online network of 20,000 Human Resources (HR) professionals. Join for free to get complete access and receive free newswires on a wide variety of employment related topics, including latest HR policy on employing disabled people.
Disability Employment Advisory Committee (DEAC) was established to advise the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Ministers on employment issues for disabled people.
National Employment Panel (NEP) is an employer-led body which provides independent advice to Ministers on the design, delivery and performance of the UK Government's labour market policies and programmes.
Leadership Recruitment is a unique talent management programme that provides disabled people who are graduates (or are of a similar calibre) with salaried placements / jobs and challenging development opportunities.
