
Disability equality step-by-step
Flow chart of steps workplace reps can take to bargain for disability equality.
The tools will upskill and educate members, leaders and work colleagues on disability equality and building more inclusive schools and colleges.
The Disability Equality Toolkit is designed to be used by NEU workplace reps to support Disabled members as well as providing information and advice for Disabled members themselves. There are also some tools that will be useful for Union branch secretaries and caseworkers.
All of the resources are based on the social model of disability and are aimed at promoting a collective response to supporting NEU Disabled members in the workplace.
For advice on negotiating reasonable adjustments collectively, there are tools for reps and members as well as useful FAQs.
The suggested reasonable adjustments, Language Do’s and Don’ts and the Social Model of Disability tools will be useful for upskilling everyone in the workplace on promoting a Disability Equality culture and ethos for staff, students and the wider community.
These tools can be used:
Flow chart of steps workplace reps can take to bargain for disability equality.
A workplace checklist for reps to bargain for disability equality.
A checklist for leaders on disability equality.
You could, for example, discuss the Checklist with your workplace Union group and then school leadership team. This may then lead on to negotiating a Disability Leave Policy in your workplace. Every workplace should also make sure they have the poster below displayed for all staff.
The reasonable adjustments disability passport is a tool to record the reasonable adjustments agreed between a worker and their line manager. It is designed to provide a documented record of an individual’s needs, which will allow them to function to…
The aim of this model policy on reasonable adjustments is to provide a framework that schools can use to ensure that policies, practices, and culture do not discriminate against disabled people.
Guidance on what to do if you experience workplace disability discrimination.
Poster covering what disabled people should be able to expect at work and questions to raise in your workplace.
Changes to the workplace that enable disabled staff to work safely and productively.
Disability language dos and don’ts.
How to use the social model to bargain for disability equality in schools and colleges.
Frequently asked questions from NEU members.
To ensure that Long Covid is managed fairly and consistently, and that staff are treated properly, joint unions (NEU, ASCL, NAHT, NASUWT, Unite, GMB and Voice Community) have agreed a protocol for workplace management of those diagnosed as having Long Covid. The protocol is a basis for negotiation with employers, NEU members and reps are encouraged to negotiate its implementation in the workplace.
Coronavirus: medically vulnerable and higher risk groups – This is joint unions advice (NEU, GMB, UCU, Unison and Unite) for staff working in schools who are medically vulnerable or at higher risk from Covid-19 and focuses on employers undertaking individual risk assessments.