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Disability Employment Gap

Disability Employment Gap Inquiry launched

Publisher:

Parliament

Topics:

Disability Employment Gap, Select Committee

Year of Publication:

2016

Type:

Report

The Work and Pensions Select Committee has launched an inquiry into the Government’s commitment to halve the "disability employment gap" – the difference in employment rates between disabled and non-disabled people. The inquiry will assesses the scale of the challenge and the likely effectiveness of the Government’s employment support and benefit policies in achieving this goal.

1 in 5 employers unlikely to recruit disabled applicants

09/12/21

PageGroup, a global recruitment specialist, has published a study which shines a light on the wide range of perceived barriers facing disabled individuals in the world of work. During a period of candidate shortages across multiple sectors, PageGroup polled 1,000 business leaders to understand the obstacles their business faces when looking to hire disabled candidates.

The findings suggest the top five common barriers business leaders face are:

Disability pay gap - TUC report

Publisher:

Policy & research organisations

Topics:

Disability Employment Gap

Year of Publication:

2019

Type:

Report

The TUC has published a report looking at the disability pay gap. The current disability pay gap for all employees stands at 15.5%. This pay gap means that disabled people effectively work for free for the last 57 days (or 8 weeks) of the year and stop getting paid today.

The analysis also found that disabled workers earn on average £1.65 per hour less than non-disabled workers, which is a gap of around £3,000 per year based on a 35-hour week.

Procuring for good: local government & the social value act

Topics:

Disability Employment Gap, Commissioning, Procurement, Local Government, Social return on investment

Year of Publication:

2016

Type:

Report

Procuring for Good - a new report published by Social Enterprise UK paints the most comprehensive picture yet about how councils in England are using the Public Services (Social Value) Act. Findings from Freedom of Information requests [1] sent to all local authorities in England show that more councils than ever are considering social value when commissioning services: 1 in 3 (33%) now routinely consider social value in their procurement and commissioning, and 1 in 4 (24%) have a social value policy.

Business Case for Equality and Diversity

Publisher:

Central Government

Topics:

Disability Employment Gap

Year of Publication:

2013

Type:

Report, Research

The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has published an occasional paper on the business case for equality and diversity. The report considers the evidence for the business case for equality and diversity in private sector organisations. The aim is not to make the business case, but to assess the current evidence from academic journals and some key practitioner sources. Key Findings: * Studies appear to have found evidence that firms have reaped business benefits from equality & diversity, but not all firms in all contexts at all times.

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