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AUTHOR: Rachel Suff
IRS's survey of 107 employers investigates the ways in which their recruitment and absence management take account of individuals with disabilities, looking at compliance with the law as well as good practice.
On this page: Employers' policies covering disability issues The "two ticks" disability symbol Public sector equality duty Proportion of workforce with a disability Reasons for increase in number of employees with disabilities Changes to recruitment practices Using government schemes to aid employment Restricting vacancies to individuals with disabilities Selection and assessment methods Disclosure of a disability Reasonable adjustments under the DDA Training for recruiters Monitoring employment practices Managing disability-related absence Recording disability-related absence Occupational health support Positive results Our research Table 1: Employment of individuals with disabilities in the past three years Table 2: Changes to recruitment practices Table 3: Selection practices reviewed to prevent disability discrimination Table 4: Reasonable adjustments made by employers Table 5: Areas covered by training for recruiters on disability issues Box 1: Employers' comments about provision for disability in their absence management policies Additional resources on XpertHR.
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