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‘Forced to choose between life and job’
A FIFTH of people with disabilities are being forced to go into the workplace or quit their jobs to stay safe, new research published today suggests.
Charity Scope said it was a “sad indictment” of attitudes in Britain towards disabled people that many are being “left with no other option but to quit their job so they can stay safe, or take their chances with a deadly virus.”
According to its survey of 1,000 disabled adults, around a fifth had been refused a request to work from home, while one in 10 reported that their bosses had rejected calls to be put on furlough.
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