Wednesday, 21 October
2.20pm: Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster
The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) will explore disabled
people's access to flexible working arrangements across different
types of businesses and jobs during the third evidence session
of its inquiry on Equality at work: flexible
working and disability.
MPs on the cross-party committee, chaired by MP, will examine how
recommendations to increase such access could be implemented in
businesses of varying sectors and sizes, and in different types
of roles.
The session will consider the extent to which greater access to
flexible working arrangements could form a more prominent part of
the Government's policies and programmes. These could include Get
Britain Working and its response to the Milburn review, helping
more people with health conditions and disabilities to move into
sustainable work. Discussion may also cover the equality impacts
of return to the office mandates and the role of workplace
culture and leadership in ensuring disabled people can access the
flexibilities they need.
The first evidence session
in July heard from charities including Disability Rights UK,
Arthritis UK, Scope, Down's Syndrome Association and Action for
ME, while the second evidence
session in September heard from four leading academics in the
employment field. The committee'sinquiry examines the
implications for disabled workers and jobseekers of flexible
working policies, legislation and guidance as part of WEC's
Equality at work focus.
Witnesses for Wednesday, 21
October
2.20pm
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Daisy Goodall, Policy Officer, Trades Union
Congress
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Kerry Hickman, Human Resources Director,
Entegra UK and Ireland
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Angela Matthews, Director of Public Policy and
Research, Business Disability Forum
