The Cabinet Office launched a consultation into developing common measures for employers on the socioeconomic backgrounds of their workforce and applicants in June 2016. The deadline for comments passed on 24 June 2016.
The Resolution Foundation published a report on disabled people and employment in June 2016. The report says that disabled people who have had more than a year out from the workforce are treated twice as harshly as their non-disabled counterparts.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) published a report on employment of disabled people in June 2016. Its analysis claims the government is “years behind schedule” in delivering its manifesto commitment to halve the employment gap between disabled and non-disabled people by 2020.
A new commission on representation of women in local government set up by the Fawcett Society published its first paper in June 2016, entitled The Northern Powerhouse: an analysis of women’s representation.
Rights Info published a plain English summary to the Immigration Act 2016 in June 2016.
