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Employment for disabled people: social obligation or individual responsibility?
- Authors:
- THORNTON Patricia, LUNT Neil
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 57p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Over the last five decades, the principle which underpins policy for the employment of disabled people has remained constant, the majority of disabled people are fully employable on their own merits in competition with non-disabled workers, providing that prejudice and discrimination are overcome. However, the mechanisms by which that principle is put into practice have altered radically in the 50 years since the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 19441 came into effect. A social obligation, at one time discharged by government - to oversee the translation of the principle into practice, and to monitor its effects, has given way to individual responsibility for action and to self-policing. In short, responsibility for achieving a fair share of employment for disabled people has passed from the state to the individual.
How disabled people manage in the workplace
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Research on disabled people and employment has previously focused on the barriers to getting and keeping work, the connection between work and benefits, or policy analysis of rehabilitation, workplace disability management and retaining people in work. Little attention has been paid to how disabled people who are in employment manage to survive or indeed thrive in the workplace. This study explored the strategies used by disabled workers to get by in the workplace, and looked at the nature and role of support received by disabled workers.
Recruitment that works
- Author:
- SCOTT-PARKER Susan
- Publisher:
- Employers' Forum on Disability
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide reflects Cenrtrica's experiences of a New Deal for Disabled People project in Manchester. It provides a framework for other employers who want to attract and employ seriously disadvantaged people in the labour market. Contents include: initial planning; action; helpful insights and guidelines; employers forum on disability service level agreement; work preparation course.