We would like to thank all our member employers for their support and commitment to disability positive practice over the past year.  Attached is a brief report of activity during the year 2020/2021.  As you can see, we delivered 59 training/awareness sessions during this time as well as having answered queries from more than 300 […]

The Equality Commission for NI has released details of a settlement between Siobhan Jacobs, a woman who had cancer, and Yellow Door (Portadown) Ltd, for £40,000.  Read the full details on the Equality Commission NI website.

A person with autism, ADHD and Tourette’s syndrome has received £12,500 in a settlement with the PSNI and Honeycomb Jobs Ltd. He complained that reasonable adjustments had not been made to the group interview stage of the recruitment process. The case was supported by the Equality Commission for NI. Read full details: https://www.equalityni.org/Footer-Links/News/Individuals/Disability-discrimination-case-settled-against-PSN

Please read some very useful advice around potential hybrid working and issues that might be raised in relation to disabled employees. It is by Bela Gor, Head of Legal and Content with the Business Disability Forum: read

We are delighted to welcome a new member, Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).  We look forward to working with the organisation and supporting its Disability Positive practice, through training, advice and support for disabled employees, managers and colleagues. SEUPB is one of the six cross-border Bodies set up under the “Agreement between the Government of […]

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has published new data on socioeconomic issues and disability, and has produced information for the first time specific to autism.  For example, just half of disabled people are in work, compared to over 80% of non-disabled people, however, the figure is just 22% for autistic adults.  In relation to […]

A new year can bring many things to our lives such as hopes, wishes, plans and the infamous “resolutions” to create a better year than the one before.  All well and good of course, but how long can these last if we are doing exactly as we did before?  If we take old fears, beliefs, […]

Employers for Disability NI was delighted to host a webinar, “Food for a Good Mood”.  This highly successful webinar helped participants gain insight into food and diet which enhance mental health.  It was delivered by Kate Staunton, proprietor of Zest Natural Health, Armagh, fresh from her highly successful and well-received webinar in December 2020 on […]

Five Days to a Better You – Day 5 This week has been about enhancing self-awareness and understanding. In this part of the world, we talk about how someone “gets on”. Getting to know and understand how you get on, what is behind this, what your thoughts and feelings are and what’s going on in your […]

Here’s a word for you – psychoendoneuroimmunology! This field of study has shown that the mind (brain) and body (nervous, hormonal and immune systems) are intricately linked and have a direct impact on our health and wellbeing. In his book of the same title, Dr Bessel van der Kolk says that “the body keeps the […]