Facts about employment and disabled people
- There are over two million disabled people in employment in the UK.
- There are well over a further one million disabled people who want jobs but are out of work - many are skilled and with the same qualities as those who have jobs.
- There are very few disabled people at senior management level in British organisations.
- Employers have found disabled employees stay in the job for longer, and have a strong commitment to work as well as good punctuality records and low absentee records.
- Keeping an employee who becomes ill or disabled at work generally costs less than having to recruit and train someone new.
- Employing disabled people can help increase the number of disabled customers using the service, and improve staff morale, since they will view the organisation as more representative and diverse.
- Disabled people are no more likely to be sick or absent than their non-disabled colleagues.
- Disability is too often associated with wheelchairs but only five percent of disabled people use wheelchairs.
- Adjustments made to help in employing a disabled person can bring benefits for other employees and customers.
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