Disabled Police Association

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  • Disability Confident replaces Two Ticks positive action scheme

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    A few weeks ago, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) quietly relaunched Disability Confident, a initiative originally launched in 2013 by David Cameron as a replacement for the Two Ticks positive action scheme. Disability Confident encompasses a number of voluntary commitments to encourage employers to recruit, retain and develop disabled staff, such as offering…

  • Should staff support networks be given a statutory mandate?

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    That is what the Black Police Association have suggested according to Police Oracle. Following recent national debate about the number of ethnically diverse officers in the police service, led by the BPA and the Home Affairs Select Committee, the BPA are alleged to have asked to be placed on an “equal footing to statutory staff…

  • Troubling that officers can sue for discrimination but not if dismissed by a panel

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    Judge raises contradiction in the rights afforded to police A Court of Appeal judge has highlighted an apparent contradiction in the right of police officers to take legal action under the Equality Act 2010. Lord Justice John Laws last week found in favour of the Met in an employment tribunal appeal. An officer who suffered…