Disability Awareness in the Workplace Booklet
This booklet is suitable for anyone who wishes to learn more about their responsibilities regarding disability in the workplace. It covers:
- How disabilities can affect working
- How to make the recruitment process more accessible
- How to create a safe, inclusive and accepting culture in the workplace.
Contents
Introduction
What is a disability?
Types of disability
Disability workplace statistics
Management best practice:
Section re-cap
The Equality Act and how it protects people with disabilities
The different types of disability discrimination
Direct Discrimination
Indirect Discrimination
Harassment
Victimisation
Failure to make reasonable adjustments
Discrimination Arising from A Disability
Justifying Discrimination
Disclosing a disability
Reasonable adjustments
What is meant by reasonable?
Management best practice:
Section re-cap
Recruiting People with Disabilities
The Disability Confident Scheme
Why should you recruit people with disabilities?
Creating accessible job adverts
Positive action
Enquiring about health or disability
Interviewing candidates with disabilities
Inducting employees with disabilities
Medical and Health records
Management best practice:
Section re-cap
Supporting Employees in the Workplace
Encouraging disclosure of existing employees
Supporting current employees who have a disability
Managing absence leave
Discrimination by association
Redundancy and retirement.
Management best practice:
Section re-cap
Creating an Inclusive Workplace
The importance of having an Equality Policy
Disability etiquette and appropriate language
Employee responsibilities
Management best practice:
Section re-cap
Health and Safety in the Workplace
Health and safety for employees with disabilities
Risk assessments
Fire safety and evacuation procedures.
Emergency evacuation including Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans
Management best practice:
Section re-cap
Price: £10
