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We'd love your input! Working in the finance sector
We’re exploring the barriers that disabled people face when it comes to employment, especially within the finance sector, where disabled people remain under-represented. We’d really appreciate hearing your thoughts on the following: Have you ever considered a job or career in the finance sector? What barriers do you think…
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Leaving a job voluntarily
hi. Thank you for reading I am married husband works full time…I currently work full time. I have fybromayalgia,osteoarthritis,anxiety and depression. My fybro has been so bad lately. I feel I can’t carry on working full time. If I gave up my job voluntarily because of my health or possibly cut my hours to say 10 a week…
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Service Lifts
Hi :-) I am mobility impaired and work in a building that now has a service lift from a basement carpark for me to use (otherwise I need to walk up 3x flights of stairs), I am going in to the office to try it tomorrow and am feeling a little bit anxious about it (maybe its just me). There is a work instruction for using…
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Possible discrimination from a housing association…
I will keep it simple, •My husband and I applied for shared ownership on a home with a housing association. •I’m registered disabled. •we passed all the affordability and eligibility checks. •we secured a mortgage for our share. •we have a deposit and reservation fee. •the housing association declined us purely on negative…
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Hi, my name is mwaseem15! Looking for work - visually impaired
Hi everyone ,my name is waseem. I am a visually impaired,looking for a job.
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How will my income affect my parent's UC?
Hi all, I hope this is an okay place to ask this - if not I apologise. I have just recently finished college, so we know about losing the "child"/dependent or whatever related bits, and have a job interview lined up in early July. My parents are convinced they will "lose all of their Universal Credit" - which I know is…
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Hi, my name is Sarhara! Looking for work - struggle with anxiety
HI I am looking for work yet my depression high anxiety and autism stops me going out my front door . So hard with no purpose to focus I am exhausted and burnt out and not sleeping . It is difficult just need a few hours cleaning at golf club hub or air B and B Dont cope with lots of people
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Hi, my name is crown! US work discrimination
Fighting Back Against Discrimination and Injustice: My Story with Mental Illness and Employer Retaliation my name is Jeffrey [Removed by moderator - Personal information] and I once worked as a supervisor for a carpet cleaning company called Millicare/Milliken & Company,M.E.S. of Atlanta & Trilogy Fm where I led teams of…
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Film and tv in the media industry
My important goal is to work in a company based in film and tv to show my confidence and passion.
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Hi, my name is Marianne! SPD and looking for work
I have Semantic Pragmatic Disorder (SPD) and I'm currently looking for a full-time job.
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How do I access work/employment support to get roles outside the UK?
I'm desperate to leave the UK as soon as possible. I've been trying to find a remote job so I can work wherever I want while I travel (hence managing my disability needs), but I' don't ear. I've tried making freelance I even fell for some scams in the past, like applying for transcription sites that never have any jobs…
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Hi, my name is Miniclift239! Finding work
My name is Joseph, I have often struggled to find work and employment. Right now I am working a zero hour contract, albeit one that only provides eight hours of work a week right now. I have Autism and ADHD and these are the two biggest barriers for me finding work and operating independently at home. Building on top of…
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Any advice for surviving an employment tribunal
Hi I wondered if anyone had any ideas for how to get through a really stressful employment tribunal claim for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination. I had been off sick for a few weeks following major surgery and complications when with no warning or anything I got a call terminating my employment. My legal team…
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support to work
Hi all hope your well.#I would like to find work, one person said contact the support to work with scope, is this a free service or do you have to pay. Seems a differant sign up. 59YR OLD WITH server COPD is there anyone who would give me a job, this is causing myself alot of depression, any one else been through the same.
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Work
Iam helping my friends to work and Iam continue to work and helping others I like to search for online in person and get a job in admin to look for employment in access to work ncs
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Disability Discrimination Employment Solicitors
Hello, I've recently filed a Disability Discrimination claim against my employers with a judge making an order of things which need to be prepared for the next case mgmt hearing in a few months. I was previously advised not to spend any money on this, but given the judges orders, he advised I seek legal advice to avoid…
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Hi, my name is wardydio10! Having issues at work, what can I do?
hi, sorry this is long winded but back in 2020 the company I work for had a big reorganisation and I was asked to step up as an Agee temporarily for a few months. This ended up being for almost 4 years full time It was a stressful tie for everyone. I had to apply for my own job during this time. And once the changes went…
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Seeking employment ... yet again!
So last week I started yet another new job and this week I've had to quit due to my Line Manager being unhelpful and the environment being too noisy and not able to cope with due to deafness, tinnitus and hyperacusis. So my day will be full of looking online for yet another place of employment oh happy days! 😂
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Job advisers to be placed in GP surgeries
Connect to Work to place job advisers in GP practices. See link below. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/job-advisers-to-be-embedded-in-gp-surgeries-as-tens-of-thousands-more-sick-and-disabled-people-offered-help-into-work
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Requested reasonable adjustments and employer started punitive actions
Hello, I’m hoping someone can give me a bit of advice. I’m diagnosed ADHD (employer aware before diagnosis) and requested reasonable adjustments about 7 months post diagnosis from my employer as a formal letter attached to an email. At first, my employer said they needed time to consider my requests but within 12hrs…
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Spastic diplegia at 44
Hello there, my name is Thomas I have just turned 44, and suffer with Spastic diplegic CP, in the last year I have noticed a sharp rise with chronic fatigue both physically, and cognitively, it is causing me to burn out much faster, and is impacting significantly on my ability to work, I currently work 4 days a week, even…
