Disability guide


Employment relations service Acas has launched a new guide to help employers and managers understand the basics of dealing with disability discrimination in the workplace.


The downloadable, free guide, Disability discrimination: key points for the workplace, explains what disability means and how to prevent and manage complaints in the workplace.


Over the past year, the Acas helpline dealt with around 12,000 calls on disability related discrimination. Over four out of 10 disabled people seeking work found that misconceptions around their capability to work were the biggest barrier to getting hired.


Among the advice on recruitment included in the guide is for employers to give the details about a vacancy in an alternative format; accept applications in alternative formats and be minful of wording when writing an advertisement for a job vacancy.


www.acas.org.uk/media/pdf/4/j/Disability-discrimination-key-points-for-the-workplace.pdf