Let’s smash the disability pay gap

UNISON disabled members, meeting in Brighton for their annual conference, marked Disability Pay Gap Day today.
This is the day of the year when disabled workers effectively stop being paid – such is the difference between their pay and that of their non-disabled counterparts.
The mover of a motion for Newcastle City Branch explained how the Equality and Human Rights Commission has found that the disability pay gap is at its highest level since records began.
“Mandatory reporting is s