Speakers
Lorna Reith Chief Executive of the Disability Alliance, which
campaigns to break the link between poverty and disability
Martin Barnes Director of the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG),
one of the country's leading charities promoting welfare rights
STAFFORDSHIRE
UNIVERSITY
Law School
Catherine Casserley Barrister, Legal Officer, Royal National Institute
for the Blind; co-author of Law, Rights, & Disability, and other texts
Keith Puttick Solicitor, Principal Lecturer, Staffordshire University;
co-author of Employment Rights; author Welfare Benefits (7th Edn)
Workshop Leaders/Speakers
Jane Ballantyne Solicitor, Maclaren Warner, CPAG Lecturer
Merry Cocks Solicitor, Northwich CAB
Francis Morrall Employment Director, British Ceramic Confederation
Disability, Welfare and Work
Joan Smith & Tina Davies Institute of Social Work & Social Studies,
Centre for Social Justice Research Staffordshire University Law School
From Rhetoric to Rights?
Susan Smith, Adviser, Heptonstalls, Solicitors; Advisory Editor of
Welfare Benefits
Ayesha Vernon, Senior Lecturer/Fellow in Disability Studies,
University of Northumbria
Mike Wolfe Manager, Stoke-on-Trent CAB, co-author of the Debt
Advice Handbook (CPAG)
Ashley Centre, Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent
Thursday 17th January 2002
9.15 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Mike Wood Planning & Partnerships Officer, Staffordshire CC
NB Participants will be provided with pre-workshop ‘briefings’,
notes on the law, and suggested ‘problem areas’
Conference Programme
Welcome: Prof. Christine King, Vice-Chancellor, Staffordshire
University (after Registration: 9.15 am - 9.30 am)
Lorna Reith, Chief Executive, Disability Alliance
* Disabled People, Welfare, and Poverty: An Overview
* Government Policies & Financial Support from the State
* 'Work for those who Can, Security for those who Can't'?
Questions/Discussion
Martin Barnes, Director Child Poverty Action Group
* Disability and Benefits: Work as "Welfare"
* State Support for Employment
* Proposed Changes Affecting Welfare & Employment
Questions/Discussion
incapacity, and the rights and responsibilities of workers, employers,
and claimants. At a time when ‘welfare’ and employment law has been
undergoing radical reform - and the government’s promise is still 'work
for those who can, and security for those who cannot' - the conference
speakers and workshops will consider the key issues.
It will be an opportunity for advisers, lawyers, personnel/HRM
specialists, trades unionists, and others with interests in the subject, to
come together to discuss the subject, and new legislation due in 2002.
It will also enable participants to consider the operation of the
Disability Discrimination Act 1995 ('the DDA'), the Human Rights Act
1998, and other employment and 'welfare-at-work' legislation particularly in 'problem areas' like incapacity, absence from work, longterm sickness; and 'disability' under the Act's requirements.
Coffee/Refreshments
Keith Puttick, Staffordshire University Law School
* Recruitment, Terms & Conditions, & the DDA
* Employers' Contractual Duties; SSP; In-Work Benefits
* Stress, Illness/Incapacity as 'Disability'; Long-Term Absence
Questions/Discussion
Workshop 1 (with Notes and 'Common Problems'): Lunch
Catherine Casserley, Legal Officer, RNIB
* DDA, “Discrimination”; & Employers' Duties
* Less Favourable Treatment & 'Justification'
* Constructive/Unfair dismissal
Questions/Discussion
Workshop 2 (with Notes and 'Common Problems’): Tea
Reports from Workshops & Discussion: Close (4.30)
Staffordshire University is hosting a conference on disability and
Workshops
Participants can attend one of the two workshops in the morning, and
one of the two in the afternoon: there will be approximately 10 people
per workshop. Please indicate your preferences on the Booking Form.
Morning
1. Government Policies & Legislation: 'Incapacity' and Work
(disability & incapacity benefits eligibility; and 'incapacity' tests)
2. Disability & Incapacity at Work: Employers' Duties
(employers' duties in relation to workers with disabilities, and
sickness and incapacity problems at work)
Afternoon
1. Disabled/Incapacitated Workers: Welfare-to-Work & Benefits
(welfare benefits while working; Tax Credits; and in-work welfare
benefits problems, eg during incapacity from work and absences)
2. The DDA, “Discrimination”, and Unfair Dismissal
(employers' duties: sickness/injuries, 'disability', & dismissal)
Disability Welfare, and Work
Disability Welfare, and Work
From Rhetoric to Rights?
From Rhetoric to Rights?
Thursday 17th January 2002
9.30 am - 4.30 pm
Thursday 17th January 2002
9.30 am - 4.30 pm
Booking Form
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Booking Form
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Workshop Preferences?
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PM 1 2
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Special Needs/Disability? ………………………………………...
Please provide details here of any disabilities or special needs you may
have. We will do our best to cater for these. If we cannot, we will advise
you before your application is processed.
Special Needs/Disability? ………………………………………...
Please provide details here of any disabilities or special needs you may
have. We will do our best to cater for these. If we cannot, we will advise
you before your application is processed.
I enclose a cheque for £40 (incl. VAT) per place payable to
“Staffordshire University” (£20 CABx, CPAG, Charities)
I enclose a cheque for £40 (incl. VAT) per place payable to
“Staffordshire University” (£20 CABx, CPAG, Charities)
Please return form to: Pat Holdcroft, Law School,
Staffordshire University
Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2DF
(Tel. 01782-294569/294550)
E-mail p.holdcroft@staffs.ac.uk
Please return form to: Pat Holdcroft, Law School,
Staffordshire University
Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2DF
(Tel. 01782-294569/294550)
E-mail p.holdcroft@staffs.ac.uk