Employers’ Participation Important for Development of Disabled Employees
Posted in Enterprise, Law + Justice, School of Health on February 16th, 2010
Employers should be made part of the solution and not be seen as part of the problem, as it will help in the process of developing better opportunities for disabled people. The Employers’ Forum for disability said that both policy makers as well as employers will have to work together to improve the employment conditions for such people.
In a report titled “An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK” published by the National Equality Panel it was stated that the poorest people of the society live 100 times worse off than 10% of the richest people. It also stated that disabled people get 30% less net income than other working adults. Another set of figures revealed that out of every three persons, one is either disabled or associated closely to a disabled person, and almost 80% of employment processes are unavailable to them.
Susan Scott-Parker, Chief Executive of EFD said that the figures from the report draw attention to the difficulties that disabled people have to face when they want to prove their abilities.
She also said that several misconceptions make it hard for employers to understand the true potential of a disabled person looking for work. However, it has been seen that disabled friendly workplaces provide better environments for all the workers. They are also able to cut costs and increase productivity effectively by practising good employment, customer services and recruitment policies.
The report pointed out that disabled people receive 30% less income than other working people, which means that employers should ensure that their evaluation procedures do not distinguish between employees in a biased manner.
The report also calls for better government participation by formulation of policies that will help disabled people get employment, particularly those who have mental health problems.
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