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The ill-treatment of employees with disabilities in British workplaces

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  • Ralph Fevre

    (Cardiff University, UK)

  • Amanda Robinson

    (Cardiff University, UK)

  • Duncan Lewis

    (Plymouth University, UK)

  • Trevor Jones

    (Cardiff University, UK)

Abstract

There are few quantitative studies that show the workplace is experienced in a different way by employees with disabilities. This article fills this gap using data from the British Workplace Behaviour Survey, which found that employees with disabilities and long-term illnesses were more likely to suffer ill-treatment in the workplace and experienced a broader range of ill-treatment. Different types of disability were associated with different types of ill-treatment. The survey also showed who employees with disabilities blamed for their ill-treatment and why they believed the ill-treatment had occurred. Drawing on the existing literature, four possible explanations for ill-treatment are considered: negative affect raises perceptions of ill-treatment; ill-treatment leads to health effects; ill-treatment results from stigma or discrimination; ill-treatment is a consequence of workplace social relations. Although some of these explanations are stronger than others, the discussion shows that more research is required in order to decide between them.

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  • Ralph Fevre & Amanda Robinson & Duncan Lewis & Trevor Jones, 2013. "The ill-treatment of employees with disabilities in British workplaces," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 27(2), pages 288-307, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:27:y:2013:i:2:p:288-307
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    Cited by:

    1. Deborah Foster & Peter Scott, 2015. "Nobody's responsibility: the precarious position of disabled employees in the UK workplace," Industrial Relations Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(4), pages 328-343, July.
    2. Hazel Mawdsley & Duncan Lewis, 2017. "Lean and mean: how NPM facilitates the bullying of UK employees with long-term health conditions," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(5), pages 317-324, July.
    3. Rupert Harwood, 2016. "What Has Limited the Impact of UK Disability Equality Law on Social Justice?," Laws, MDPI, vol. 5(4), pages 1-23, November.
    4. Rupert Harwood, 2016. "Can International Human Rights Law Help Restore Access to Justice for Disabled Workers?," Laws, MDPI, vol. 5(2), pages 1-23, April.

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