Disability

It is easy for leaders of organisations to dismiss disability as irrelevant or unimportant. The reality is that disability affects every aspect of business:

• employees
• customers
• markets
• suppliers
• stakeholders.

More than three quarters of disabled people acquire their disability as adults. As societies age, increasing numbers of older people will acquire disabilities. A third of people aged between 50 and 64 years have a disability and a third of all employees are disabled or are close to a disabled person. All these people are already the stakeholders, employees and customers of your organisation.

Useful links

Business Disability Forum

Companies 'flout the law' on disability recruitment - CIPD

How do you deal with an employee who did not disclose a disability on being hired? What if that employee later suggests you are discriminating against him or her? When should you confirm the disability and when should you keep quiet – both legally and operationally? - Failure to Disclose White Paper by Gareth Brahams