Year of Disabled Workers resources

Representing Disabled Members

  • Stewards Guide to Representing Disabled Members available to download from Disabled members resources page on website here
  • Stewards Guide to Representing Deaf Members available to download from Disabled members resources page on website here
  • Proving Disability and Reasonable Adjustments – UNISON guide, available on UNISON Catalogue (stock number 4043) also available to download from Disabled Members resources page on website here

Bargaining Guides

  • Bargaining to support members with long Covid available here
  • Reasonable Adjustments bargaining guide, model policy and accessibility passport available to order on Online Catalogue here (stock number 4138) also available to download from Disabled members resources page here
  • Disability Leave bargaining guide and model policy available to order on Online Catalogue here (stock number 4137) also available to download from Disabled members resources page on website here
  • Bargaining on Mental Health policies: A practical guide for UNISON branches available on UNISON catalogue here (stock number 3927) also available to download from Disabled members resources page here
  • Branch guide to WDES in NHS England available to download here

COVID-19 advice

  • How to Work Safely– includes information for disabled workers and can be downloaded here.
  • Covid 19 risk assessments for Black, disabled and other vulnerable workers can be downloaded here
  • Working from home and hybrid working bargaining guide which includes model policy. Can be downloaded here 

Quick Guides

  • Quick Guide – Reasonable Adjustments available to download from Disabled members resources page on website here
  • Quick Guide – Social Model available to download from Disabled members resources page on website here
  • Quick Guide – Disability Language available to download from Disabled members resources page on website here
  • Quick Guide – Access to Work July 2020 available to download from Disabled members resources page on website here

Organising and recruitment

  • UNISON For Disability Equality – merchandise for promotional events. Available from the UNISON shop here.
  • Disabled and worried about the future? Recruitment leaflet available to download from Disabled members resources page on website here

Campaigning

  • Covid 19 and Disabled Workers – time for a homeworking revolution? – results and recommendations from UNSION’s June 2020 survey of disabled members during the Covid 19 pandemic. Available to download from Disabled members resources page on website here.
  • Let’s Be Reasonable – disability equality in the workplace – results and recommendations from UNISON’s 2019 survey on disability equality in the workplace. Available to download from Disabled members resources page on website here.
  • Punished for going to work – results and recommendations from UNISON’s 2018 survey on the experience of disabled members claiming Personal Independence Payments (PIP). Available to download from Disabled members resources page on website here.

Other Equality Resources

  • Tackling hate crime and hate incidents: a workplace issue – available to download from the website here
  • Bullying at work available to download here
  • ‘Time off for medical appointments and health screening’ available to download from the Get Help section in Bargaining Support here
  • ‘Harassment at work: a UNISON guide – updated May 2014’ available from the online catalogue, stock item 1359 or download here

Internal guidance for branches and regions

  • UNISON and reasonable adjustments (explains UNISON’s duties under the Equality Act 2010 to ensure UNISON meetings are accessible to disabled members requiring reasonable adjustments) available to download from Disabled members resources page on website here