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Disabled people’s experiences of ‘horrific’ employment practices are leaving them too scared to re-enter the Labour market, a committee hears
The sign for the Senedd, the Welsh parliament building in Cardiff

DISABLED people’s experiences of “horrific” employment practices are leaving them too scared to re-enter the Labour market, a committee has heard.

Debbie Foster, a professor at Cardiff University, gave evidence as the Senedd’s equality committee began a new inquiry on Monday on disability and employment in Wales.

She criticised poor employment practices, saying: “Some of them are really, really horrific – they should not be happening. 

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