Promoting disability inclusion in the workplace

According to government statistics, 13% of the UK’s workforce has a disability within the definition of the Equality Act 2010. It is therefore more important than ever that employers can both provide an inclusive and accessible workplace for all employees and understand their duty to make reasonable adjustments where needed. Despite this, many companies struggle with how to alter their business to ensure that disabled people are not disadvantaged at work.

Brian Gegg, Partner and Asten Hawkes, Solicitor in our employment team, discuss this in an article for People Management.

The full article is available, here.