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Bullying- Avoiding a culture of acceptance
If you’ve ever experienced workplace bullying, it’s likely you were immediately aware of what was happening, but it isn’t always that clear cut. Sometimes, if a workplace has a culture that is tolerant towards a certain aspect of bullying, it can often... read more »
Getting over the barriers of accessibility
Many organisations have ambitions to create an inclusive workplace, but despite these best intentions, their efforts fall short. In order to meaningfully progress and develop more successful strategies we must gain a better understanding of the key reasons behind these shortcomings. read more »
Welcome Aboard!
Ways in which disability awareness training as an onboarding exercise will benefit your business… Despite there being a vast number of benefits to onboard training, only 12% of employees believe their company does it well (Sapling,... read more »
Chris Jay appears on the Watt about HR Podcast
In this edition of the Watt About HR podcast, our Managing Director talks to host Claire Watt, about disability inclusion, developing a more inclusive culture and the many benefits of becoming an accessible organisation. Chris also talks about how Bascule's training can help employers be... read more »
Time to end the fear of offending
At some point in our lives, most of us have accidentally said the wrong thing. Whether it’s an unintentional faux-pas, misjudgement, or comment we haven’t properly thought through. Of course, as human beings, very few people want to deliberately offend another person, which is why,... read more »
Chris Jay- Appears on the Mind, Body, Work Podcast
Bascule Disability Training's Managing Director, Chris Jay, was recently welcomed as a guest on the latest episode of the Mind, Body, Work Podcast (created by the Workplace Wellbeing Professional team). Host Joanne Swann speaks with Chris (from 14.03) where they explore effective inclusive practices,... read more »
Bascule Disability Training Launches New Access Audit Service
50% discount on audits for organisations signing up for training in June 2024* We are pleased to announce that Bascule Disability Training will now be offering its clients an Access Audit service to assess the inclusivity of their environment. Following the training of additional staff... read more »
Measuring the Success of Inclusivity
For some organisations, the journey to becoming more inclusive involves a series of small steps. For larger firms with comprehensive EDI strategies, efforts will be made on a much larger scale. Either way, one very important aspect of your journey is measuring success. Organisations of... read more »
Closing the disability pay gap
Historically, people with disabilities have experienced lower levels of pay, and fewer employment opportunities. In recent years we have attempted to close this gap through the introduction of inclusion initiatives, EDI policies and of course, the Equality Act 2010- but despite this, we still... read more »
New flexible working regulations- Do we need to ask?
Recently, (on Saturday 6th April), new regulations laid out by the Government came into effect that allow any staff member to request flexible working arrangements, from day one of their employment. Prior to this, employees had to wait for six months before submitting a request,... read more »
