Employers underpay disabled workers by £2.24 per hour

Samantha Fletcher
Samantha Fletcher Member (Full) Posts: 252
in Workplace and Employment

The earnings gap between disabled and non-disabled workersremains significant at £2.24 an hour, according to new analysis published bythe Trades Union Congress (TUC) yesterday (12 November).

The findings show that disabled employees working a 35-hourweek earn, on average, more than £4,000 less each year than their non-disabledcounterparts. This equates to a disability pay gap of 15.5%.

This is completely wrong and needs addressing

https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/news/employers-underpay-disabled-workers-by-224-per-hour

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  • Sarah Tuberty
    Sarah Tuberty Posts: 94

    Yes agreed!! Would you believe that in the United States we have a piece of legislation that allows for employers to hire disabled workers and pay them less than minimum wages if the workers have "a productive capacity" that is impacted by a person's physical or mental disability? Would you believe that this law is called "The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938"?

    I find this video frustrating - as it is advocating that keeping these low wage jobs helps the disabled community- however, I truly think these big corporations can afford to pay their workers - I just heard on the news today that their tax breaks in the US are going up with new passing legislation.

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