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It is I Chris Catt Enabled Entrepreneur and as the Compare the Market adverts, say I am feeling epic. I am also facing a decision which could have a significant impact upon the rest of my life. But first.... This coming Saturday, 5th December, I am attending The...

This is about disability & potential for business start ups.  In my last Post I admitted to all of you that I created my business back to front.  If you want to refresh your memory and have a little laugh at my expense, you can read it again here. What a plonker!...

I have just decided going to run for longer than originally planned. Well I am going to give you some honest insights of my own so pay attention 007. I have a question for you.... When you read the title of this Post, what did you expect would happen next? something...

Labels for People with Disabilities is much more contentious than many HR Professionals, Directors and Business Owners realise. Says who?  I do for one... This month's Post is relatively short when compared to many of my others for a good reason, it is Bank Holiday...

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...