Disability and Employment

For the first time, this year’s Employer CD-ROM includes information on disability and employment.

Employing disabled people can help you to:

• attract and keep skilled staff
• make your workforce more representative of the community it serves
• avoid undervaluing, under-using or losing skilled staff
• avoid the costs and uncertainties of recruiting someone new
• improve staff morale and productivity
• develop good practice
• help avoid claims of unlawful disability discrimination.

The new information, provided by the Office for Disability Issues, covers areas including the Disability Discrimination Act, employing and retaining a disabled person, reasonable adjustments and communication.