Far fewer disabled people are in employment compared to non-disabled people - disabled people have an employment rate that is 28.4 percentage points lower. The government acknowledges that this disability employment gap is frustratingly high and has published a consultation on the introduction of disability workforce reporting as one measure to address the issue. The consultation (available in PDF here, and in other accessible formats here) runs until March 2022.
In 2017, the (then) Prime Minister commissioned an independent review into mental health at work. The report ‘Thriving at Work’ was published later that year and the report made broader recommendations covering more than just mental health. It recommended that employers begin voluntarily reporting on the proportion of staff with any type of disability.
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) subsequently developed a voluntary reporting framework. The voluntary reporting framework helps organisations to record and voluntarily report information on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. It is aimed at employers with 250 or more employees, but the framework...
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